Definition of ampicillin in English:
ampicillin
nounˌampɪˈsɪlɪnˌampəˈsilin
mass nounMedicine A semi-synthetic form of penicillin used to treat infections of the urinary and respiratory tracts.
Example sentencesExamples
- The patients had been treated with ampicillin, penicillin, or chloramphenicol.
- A pink rash can occur all over the body in children who have been treated with ampicillin or amoxicillin.
- The liver is also actively involved in detoxifying and excreting into the bile many different drugs, including sulfonamides, penicillin, ampicillin and erythromycin to name a few.
- If you are given treatment for a bacterial infection with the antibiotics ampicillin or amoxycillin, you may develop a rash of small red spots.
- For urinary tract infection, we examined resistance to ampicillin or amoxicillin and trimethoprim.
Origin
1960s: blend of amino and a contraction of penicillin.