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fluconazole

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /flʊˈkɒn.ə.zəʊl/
  • General-American: /fluˈkɑn.əˌzoʊl/

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noun

Meaning 1

An antifungal agent C13H12F2N6O used orally to treat cryptococcal meningitis and local or systemic candida infections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English flu(oro)- English -conazole English fluconazole From flu(oro)- + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ֆլուկոնազոլ (flukonazol) — antifungal agent
  • Bashkir: флуконазол (flukonazol) — antifungal agent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氟康唑 (fúkāngzuò) — antifungal agent
  • French: fluconazole — antifungal agent
  • Italian: fluconazolo — antifungal agent
  • Japanese: フルコナゾール (furukonazōru) — antifungal agent
  • Kazakh: флуконазол (flukonazol) — antifungal agent
  • Korean: 플루코나졸 (peullukonajol) — antifungal agent
  • Kyrgyz: флуконазол (flukonazol) — antifungal agent
  • Persian: فلوکونازول — antifungal agent