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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
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]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: New Latin Cephalosporium, genus of fungi + 1-in Date: 1951 any of several antibiotics produced by an imperfect fungus (genus Acremonium syn. Cephalosporium)
