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Keflex vs cephalosporin

cephalosporin vs Keflex

Keflex and cephalosporin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Keflex Yes No No No
cephalosporin Yes No No No
As nouns, cephalosporin is a hypernym of Keflex; that is, cephalosporin is a word with a broader meaning than Keflex:
  • Keflex: a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribed for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract
  • cephalosporin: 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
Other hypernyms of Keflex include Mefoxin.
Keflex (noun) cephalosporin (noun)
a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribed for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract 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
Difference between Keflex and cephalosporin

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