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

1 sense of chloromycetin

Sense 1
chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin -- (an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever))
       => antibiotic, antibiotic drug -- (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs")