"sulfa" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2000, Sam George Arcus, Deja Views of an Aging Orphan: Growing up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home:",
          "text": "But my osteo plagued me throughout the rest of my stay at the HNOH, and for several years even after leaving the Home. It wasn't until the discovery of penicillin and the sulfa drugs that I finally beat that condition.",
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        "Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide."
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          "sulfonamide",
          "sulfonamide"
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          "sulfanilamide",
          "sulfanilamide"
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        "not-comparable"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌlfə/"
    },
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      "homophone": "sulfur (non-rhotic)"
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      "word": "sulpha"
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  "word": "sulfa"
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    {
      "form": "sulfas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Sulfur",
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          "word": "sulfa drug"
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        "A sulfonamide or sulfanilamide."
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          "sulfonamide",
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          "sulfanilamide",
          "sulfanilamide"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌlfə/"
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      "homophone": "sulfur (non-rhotic)"
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      "word": "sulpha"
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  "word": "sulfa"
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          "ref": "2000, Sam George Arcus, Deja Views of an Aging Orphan: Growing up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home:",
          "text": "But my osteo plagued me throughout the rest of my stay at the HNOH, and for several years even after leaving the Home. It wasn't until the discovery of penicillin and the sulfa drugs that I finally beat that condition.",
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        "Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide."
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          "sulfanilamide",
          "sulfanilamide"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌlfə/"
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        "A sulfonamide or sulfanilamide."
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌlfə/"
    },
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      "word": "sulpha"
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  "word": "sulfa"
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