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Meaning of "sulfadoxine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SULFADOXINE

sulfadoxine  [ˌsʌlfəˈdɒksiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SULFADOXINE

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Sulfadoxine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SULFADOXINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sulfadoxine

Sulfadoxine is an ultra-long-lasting sulfonamide previously used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat or prevent malaria. Due to high levels of resistance, its use is no longer recommended routinely. It is also used, usually in combination with other drugs, to treat or prevent various infections in livestock. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SULFADOXINE


clinopyroxene
ˌklaɪnəʊpaɪˈrɒksiːn
fuchsine
ˈfuːksiːn
glycine
ˈɡlaɪsiːn
Holocene
ˈhɒləˌsiːn
kerosene
ˈkɛrəˌsiːn
lysine
ˈlaɪsiːn
Mersin
mɛəˈsiːn
obscene
əbˈsiːn
orthopyroxene
ˌɔːθəʊpaɪˈrɒksiːn
pyridoxine
ˌpɪrɪˈdɒksiːn
pyroxene
paɪˈrɒksiːn
Rexine
ˈrɛksiːn
scene
siːn
seen
siːn
sulphadoxine
ˌsʌlfəˈdɒksiːn
thyroxine
θaɪˈrɒksiːn
tyrosine
ˈtaɪrəˌsiːn
unforeseen
ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn
unseen
ʌnˈsiːn
vaccine
ˈvæksiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SULFADOXINE

sulfa drug
sulfacetamide
sulfadiazine
sulfadimidine
sulfamethazine
sulfanilamide
sulfatase
sulfate
sulfathiazole
sulfatic
sulfation
sulfhydryl
sulfite
sulfitic
sulfonamide
sulfonate
sulfonation
sulfone
sulfonic acid
sulfonium compound

WORDS THAT END LIKE SULFADOXINE

cuisine
define
determine
divine
eine
ektexine
endexine
engine
exine
fine
genuine
hotline
imagine
line
machine
magazine
Maine
marine
medicine
mine

Synonyms and antonyms of sulfadoxine in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sulfadoxine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SULFADOXINE

Find out the translation of sulfadoxine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sulfadoxine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sulfadoxine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

磺胺多辛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sulfadoxina
570 millions of speakers

English

sulfadoxine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sulfadoxine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السلفادوكسين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сульфадоксин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sulfadoxina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

-সালফাদক্সাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sulfadoxine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sulfadoxin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sulfadoxine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スルファドキシン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sulfadoxine
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sulfadoxine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sulfadoxine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சல்ஃபோடாக்சின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सल्फाडॉक्सिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sulfadoksin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pirimetamina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sulfadoksynę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сульфадоксин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sulfadoxine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σουλφαδοξίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sulfadoxine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sulfadoxin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sulfadoxine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sulfadoxine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SULFADOXINE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SULFADOXINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sulfadoxine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SULFADOXINE»

Discover the use of sulfadoxine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sulfadoxine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biodiversity of Malaria in the World
Country Resistance First-line drug (2001 recommendation) Second-line drug Botswana Chloroquine (1984) Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine Quinine Kenya Chloroquine (1979) Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (1998) Sulfadoxine- pyrimethamine ...
2
Principles of Pharmacology: Workbook
What is a rationale for combination therapy with chloroquine and pyrimethamine- sulfadoxine? A. Chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine have different mechanisms of action in treating malaria. B. Chloroquine treats hepatic schizonts,  ...
Susan E. Farrell, David E. Golan, 2008
3
Pharmacology ReCap 2.0 for Bachelor of Dentistry Students
0.5 g od/once a week. Cumulative toxicity can occur. Sulfadoxine is given weekly in malaria. Sulfadoxine is given weekly in malaria. Sulfadoxine is given weekly in malaria. Sulfadoxine is given weekly in malaria. Sulfacetamide 10% eye drops.
Dr. J. G. Buch
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Nurse's Handbook of Combination Drugs
750 mg sulfadoxine and 37.5 mg pyrimethamine (I/i tablets) as a single dose. Children over age 2 months weighing 11 to 20 kg (24 to 44 lb). 500 mg sulfadoxine and 25 mg pyrimethamine (1 tablet) as a single dose. Children over age 2 ...
Jones & Bartlett Learning,, 2010
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Nurse's Handbook of Combination Drugs
750 mg sulfadoxine and 37.5 mg pyrimethamine (I/i tablets) as a single dose. Children over age 2 months weighing 11 to 20 kg (24 to 44 lb). 500 mg sulfadoxine and 25 mg pyrimethamine (1 tablet) as a single dose. Children over age 2 ...
Patricia Donnelly, 2008
6
Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria
Molecular weight: 310.3 S O O O O H 2 N N H N N CH 3 CH 3 Sulfadoxine is a slowly eliminated sulfonamide. It is very slightly soluble in water. Sulfonamides are structural analogues and competitive antagonists ofp-aminobenzoic acid.
World Health Organization, 2010
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Meyler's Side Effects of Antimicrobial Drugs
Amodiaquine has been studied alone or in combination with sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine in 900 women with P. falciparum malaria in Ghana, who were randomly assigned to chloroquine (n = 225), sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine (n = 225), ...
Jeffrey K. Aronson, 2009
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Malaria: Drugs, Disease and Post-genomic Biology: Drugs, ...
In 1993, Malawi became the first sub-Saharan African country to switch from chloroquine to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine as the first- line antimalarial nationwide (Bloland et al. 1993). Since 1993 sulfadoxine– pyrimethamine has been the only ...
David Sullivan, Sanjeev Krishna, 2006
9
Integrating and Articulating Environments
(1963) reported that this combination was effective for the treatment of falciparum malaria, which was resistant to pyrimethamine alone. Laing (1964) used the ultra -long-acting sulfonamide sulfadoxine (then known as sulfor- methoxine) in field ...
F. Adaman, F. Goksen, J. Grolin, 2003
10
British National Formulary (BNF) 67:
Indications malaria (but used only in combined preparations incorporating sulfadoxine); toxoplasmosis—section 5.4.7 Cautions blood counts required with prolonged treatment; history of seizures—avoid large loading doses; interactions:  ...
Joint Formulary Committee, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SULFADOXINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sulfadoxine is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Woman Determined to End Drug-Resistant Malaria
Resistance developed to chloroquine in the late-1950s, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and quinine in the mid-1960s, and mefloquine in the late-1980s. One of the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
UWR has the highest malaria cases
Indoor residual spraying, intermittent prevention treatment with sulfadoxine pyrimethammine for pregnant women, adopted artemsinin-based combination ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
3
Protecting pregnant women from malaria – a missed “quick win”
The World Health Organization recommends that women receive four doses of a preventative anti-malarial medication (sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, SP) during ... «UNICEF Connect, Apr 15»
4
Detecting low-quality antimalarial drugs with a lab-on-paper
The presence or absence of chloroquine, doxycycline, quinine, sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine and primaquine antimalarial medications, in addition to filers used in ... «ND Newswire, Apr 15»
5
Malaria: Artemisinin-Resistenz erfordert Gen-Kombination
Und mysteriöserweise waren auch die Resistenzen gegen Chloroquin und Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamin zuerst in Südostasien aufgetreten. Anzeige. «Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Jan 15»
6
Drug Flags Malaria-Infected Cells For Destruction
In decades past, malaria microbes have been seen to evolve resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, two popular anti-malaria drugs. «Popular Science, Dec 14»
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Malaria: MSF provides preventive treatment to 735000 children in …
SMC combines the drugs sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine, and is taken in three doses, at monthly intervals, during the July-to-October rainy ... «Médecins Sans Frontières International, Nov 14»
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NPPA warns of penal action against cos failing to maintain …
Concerned over the scarcity of certain essential medicines like anti-malarial combination of sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine tablets, rabies vaccine, anti-snake ... «pharmabiz.com, Sep 14»
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Malaria's Strongest Drug Is Becoming Obsolete, As More Parasites …
... however, it only became a widely used antimalarial after other antimalarials, chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, became obsolete from resistance. «Medical Daily, Aug 14»
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Toenemende resistentie bedreigt strijd tegen malaria
Chloroquine werd vervangen door sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), maar malariaparasieten raakten ook aan dat middel resistent. Opnieuw verspreidde de ... «Het Laatste Nieuws, Aug 14»

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