sulfanilamide

noun

A white, odorless crystalline sulfonamide, C6H8N2SO2, used in the treatment of various bacterial infections.

Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide.

A white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs.