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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chloramphenicol /ˌklɔːramˈfɛnɪkɒl/

▶noun Medicine a bacterial antibiotic used against serious infections such as typhoid fever.

– origin 1940s: from chlor- + am(ide) + pheno- + ni(tro-) + (gly)col.

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