While Reading the Information Accompanying Your Prescription Antibiotics,you Notice That

question 12

Multiple Choice

While reading the information accompanying your prescription antibiotics,you notice that the name "azithromycin" is in lowercase while the name "Zithromax" is capitalized.Why is this the case?

• A)Zithromax is the brand name and azithromycin is the generic name.
• B)Zithromax is the distributed drug and is derived from azithromycin.
• C)Azithromycin is the distributed drug and is derived from Zithromax.
• D)Azithromycin is the brand name and Zithromax is the generic name.

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Electrons

Subatomic particles with a negative electric charge, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.

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Variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in nucleon number, but share the same number of protons.

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