fusidic
/fjuːˈsɪdɪk/adjective
fusidic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to fusidic acid or its derivatives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-S-I-D-I-C, and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fusidic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to fusidic acid or its derivatives.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fusidic?
- UK /fjuːˈsɪdɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fusidic?
Fusidic appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fusidic come from?
From the generic name Fusidium (from the Latin fūsus, “spindle”) + the English -ic, so named because fusidic acid was originally isolated from a strain of the fungus Fusidium coccineum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).