Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin);
addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity;
[syn: cephalosporin, Mefoxin]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Mefoxin
n 1: one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances
obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names
Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced
semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial
activity [syn: cephalosporin, Mefoxin]