Definition of "metronidazole" [metronidazole]

• A synthetic antimicrobial drug, C6H9N3O3, used in the treatment of vaginal trichomoniasis, anaerobic bacterial infections, and intestinal amebiasis. (noun)

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• "When diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis your doctor may prescribe you some type of antibiotic such as metronidazole and clindamycin."
• "Oral tetracycline antibiotics (tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline) and topical antibiotics such as metronidazole are usually the first line of defense prescribed by doctors to relieve papules, pustules, inflammation and some redness."
• "Even if there is not now a high prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria lurking silently in the moist armpits or groins of men and women in this country where you can buy antibiotics on the street corners—selecting amoxicillin or metronidazole from among the toilet paper rolls and toothpaste piled into these wheelbarrows—there surely soon will be."