1942, short name for the group of drugs derived from sulfanilamide ("amide of sulfanilic acid," 1937, which is so called because it is a sulphonic derivative of the dye-stuff aniline), and shortened from that word. The usual British English spelling is sulpha.
雙語例句
1. Sulfa drugs themselves are also lactic acid bacteria cells.
磺胺類藥物本身對(duì)乳酸菌亦有殺傷作用.
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2. Sulfa drugs inhibit a critical enzyme in this process, and the bacteria can no longer grow.