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-oxacin

antibacterials, nalidixic acid derivatives

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -oxacin as a part of a name. It has nothing on uses, doses, side effects or interactions of any medicine that carries it, and nothing here is medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or doctor about the medicine itself.

Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -oxacin. So the letters oxacin sit at the end of the name (…oxacin).

All 61 names WHO lists under -oxacin

These are the INN in group (a) of Part IV of the stem book: names in which WHO says the stem is used as defined. The stem is marked where WHO places it. A-Z as WHO lists them.

  1. acorafloxacin
  2. alalevonadifloxacin
  3. alatrofloxacin
  4. amifloxacin
  5. balofloxacin
  6. besifloxacin
  7. binfloxacin
  8. cadrofloxacin
  9. cetefloxacin
  10. cinoxacin
  11. ciprofloxacin
  12. clinafloxacin
  13. danofloxacin
  14. delafloxacin
  15. difloxacin
  16. droxacin
  17. ecenofloxacin
  18. enoxacin
  19. enrofloxacin
  20. esafloxacin
  21. fandofloxacin
  22. finafloxacin
  23. fleroxacin
  24. garenoxacin
  25. gatifloxacin
  26. gemifloxacin
  27. grepafloxacin
  28. ibafloxacin
  29. irloxacin
  30. lascufloxacin
  31. levofloxacin
  32. levonadifloxacin
  33. lomefloxacin
  34. marbofloxacin
  35. merafloxacin
  36. miloxacin
  37. moxifloxacin
  38. nadifloxacin
  39. nemonoxacin
  40. norfloxacin
  41. ofloxacin
  42. olamufloxacin
  43. orbifloxacin
  44. ozenoxacin
  45. pazufloxacin
  46. pefloxacin
  47. pradofloxacin
  48. premafloxacin
  49. prulifloxacin
  50. rosoxacin
  51. rufloxacin
  52. sarafloxacin
  53. sitafloxacin
  54. sparfloxacin
  55. temafloxacin
  56. tioxacin
  57. tosufloxacin
  58. trovafloxacin
  59. ulifloxacin
  60. vebufloxacin
  61. zabofloxacin

Decode another name

Decoded

droxacin

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -oxacin

  • -oxacinend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: antibacterials, nalidixic acid derivatives

“droxacin” is an INN that WHO lists under -oxacin in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -oxacin (Part II B) and the 61 names (Part IV, group (a)) are from Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024 (World Health Organization, Stem book 2024 (ISBN 978-92-4-009938-8); covers proposed INN Lists 1-129). Checked .

Adapted from: Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. This adaptation was not created by WHO; WHO is not responsible for its content or accuracy and does not endorse this site. The data file stems.json is shared under the same licence.