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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ri•fam•pin (ri fam′pin),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]- Drugsa semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, C43H58N4O12, used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, asymptomatic carriers of meningococcal disease, and leprosy.
- Italian rifo(rmare) to reform) + -mycin) + pi(perazine)
- probably rifam(yci)n (origin, originally, rifomycin, equivalent. to rifo- (perh. 1965–70
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