Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cefotaxime

1 sense of cefotaxime

Sense 1
cefotaxime, Claforan -- (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract)
       => cephalosporin, Mefoxin -- (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)