nitroimidazole

English

Three nitroimidazoles

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ imidazole.

Noun

nitroimidazole (plural nitroimidazoles)

1. (medicine) Any of a family of antibiotics composed of imidazole heterocycles with a nitro group; often used to combat anaerobic infections

Hyponyms

• metronidazole
• nimorazole
• ornidazole
• secnidazole
• tinidazole