Definitions for rifampin

rifampin ri·fam·pin

Spelling: [ri-fam-pin]
IPA: /rɪˈfæm pɪn/

Rifampin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in rifampin (afiimnpr).

Definitions for rifampin

noun

  1. a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 43 H 58 N 4 O 12 , used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, asymptomatic carriers of meningococcal disease, and leprosy.

Origin of rifampin

1965-70; probably rifam(yci)n (orig., rifomycin, equivalent to rifo- (perhaps Italian rifo(rmare) to reform) + -my