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

1 sense of cephalexin

Sense 1
cephalexin, Keflex, Keflin, Keftab -- (an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs 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)