amoxicillin

amoxicillin
/am ok'seuh sil"in, euh mok'-/, n. Pharm.
a semisynthetic penicillin, C18H19N3O5S, taken orally as a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
[1970-75; perh. am(ino-hydr)ox(yphenyl) part of its chemical name + (PEN)ICILLIN]

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