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Definition: Sulfa |
SulfaNoun1. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sulfa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Synonyms: SulfaSynonyms: sulfa drug (n), sulfonamide (n), sulpha (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sulfa |
| English words defined with "sulfa": sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamezathine, sulfanilamide, sulfapyridine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sulfa" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (sulfa), Swedish (sulfa, sulpha drugs). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In addition, people who know they are sensitive to sulfa drugs should not take Fansidar. (references) | |
Travel | Bolivia | If you have a severe allergy to sulfa drugs, you may not be able to take Diamox. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "sulfa": Antibiotic Combination&colon Sulfa Drugs ♦ sulfa drug ♦ sulfa drugs. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sulfa": sulfa-drugs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sulfa | 58 |
sulfa drug | 54 |
sulfa allergy | 35 |
sulfa drug allergy | 11 |
sulfa antibiotic | 7 |
sulfa trimeth | 7 |
drug reaction sulfa | 6 |
ds sulfa trimeth | 5 |
allergic reaction sulfa | 5 |
triple sulfa | 3 |
trimethoprim sulfa | 3 |
drug effects side sulfa | 3 |
reaction sulfa | 3 |
medication sulfa | 3 |
vioxx sulfa | 3 |
containing drug sulfa | 2 |
sulfa treat | 2 |
allergic drug reaction sulfa | 2 |
allergy sulfa symptom | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sulfa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | السلفا عقار (sulfa drugs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sulfamide (sulfa drug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sulfa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φάρμακα σουλφωνίου (sulfa drugs, sulpha drugs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sulfamidico (sulpha, sulphamide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | サルファ剤 (salvage, sulfa drug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | サルファざい (sulfa drug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulfasay sulpha. (various references) сульфаниламидный. (various references) sulfa- (sulfa-). (various references) sulfa (sulpha drugs). (various references) เกี่ยวกับยาซัลฟาหรือกลุ่มยา Sulfanilamide. (various references) sülfonamid (sulfa drugs, sulpha drugs), sülfa ilaçlar (sulfa drugs, sulpha drugs). (various references) сульфа- (sulfa-, sulpha-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sulfa": sulfadiazine, sulfadiazines, sulfanilamide, sulfanilamides, sulfas, sulfatase, sulfatases, sulfate, sulfated, sulfates, sulfating. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sulfa": bisulfate, bisulfates, busulfan, busulfans, endosulfan, endosulfans, thiosulfate, thiosulfates. (additional references) | |
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"Sulfa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eufa, Osulf, selfe, sluf, sluff, suffa, sulf, sulfer, sulfi, sulfo, sulsa, Tolfa, Zuffa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sulfa" (pronounced su"lfu) |
| 3 | -l f u | Alfa, alfalfa, Alpha. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-l-s-u" | |
-1 letter: flus, saul. | |
-2 letters: als, fas, flu, las, sal, sau. | |
-3 letters: al, as, fa, la, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-l-s-u" | |
+1 letter: faulds, faults, flatus, luffas, sulfas. | |
+2 letters: armfuls, armsful, bagfuls, bagsful, bashful, canfuls, cansful, capfuls, carfuls, earfuls, easeful, famulus, faucals, ferulas, fibulas, fistula, flaunts, fulhams, fullams, fulmars, fungals, hatfuls, hatsful, jarfuls, jarsful, lapfuls, panfuls, refusal, sackful, sulfate, swayful, vatfuls. | |
+3 letters: afflatus, affluxes, alfaquis, basinful, boastful, boatfuls, buffalos, busulfan, cagefuls, defaults, fabulist, fabulous, failures, fallouts, famously, feastful, feluccas, fistulae, fistular, fistulas, flaneurs, flareups, flashgun, flatuses, flautist, flavours, formulas, foulards, funerals, fuselage, ghastful, glassful, handfuls, handsful, hasteful, mudflaps, mudflats, outfalls, pailfuls, pailsful, rackfuls, refusals, refutals, sackfuls, sacksful, scrofula, shameful, spadeful, stageful, suffixal, sufflate, sulfated, sulfates, surfable, tankfuls, tasteful, trayfuls, unflashy, unsafely, wamefuls, wasteful. | |
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