cefoxitin

noun ce·fox·i·tin \si-ˈfäk-sət-ən\

Medical Definition of CEFOXITIN

: a semisynthetic cephamycin antibiotic that is administered parenterally in the form of its sodium salt C₁₆H₁₆N₃NaO₇S₂

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