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Antifungal vs Sulfanilamide - What's the difference?

antifungal | sulfanilamide |

As nouns the difference between antifungal and sulfanilamide

is that antifungal is (medicine) a drug that inhibits the growth of fungi while sulfanilamide is any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide .

As an adjective antifungal

is that inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.

antifungal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic

    • Derived terms

    * antifungally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi

    • sulfanilamide

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sulfanilamide) (en noun)
  • Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide

    • See also

    *sulfa, sulpha