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sulfanilamide

noun sul·fa·nil·amide

Medical Definition of SULFANILAMIDE

:  a crystalline sulfonamide C6H8N2O3S that is the amide of sulfanilic acid and the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs

Variants of SULFANILAMIDE

sul·fa·nil·amide or chiefly British sul·pha·nil·amide \ˌsəl-fə-ˈnil-ə-ˌmīd, -məd\

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