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/ˌsefəlōˈspôrən/,
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cephalosporins, plural;
  1. Any of a group of semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotics resembling penicillin

  1. (cephalosporin) 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
  2. The cephalosporins (sg.) are a class of β-lactam antibiotics originally derived from Acremonium, which was previously known as "Cephalosporium".
  3. (cephalosporin) Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Cephalosporium fungi, having a cepham structure
  4. (cephalosporin) a class of antibiotic drugs similar to penicillin.
  5. A family of antibiotic drugs that is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections.