penicillin
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- noun
- /ˌpɛnɪˈsɪlɪn/
- Specialized
:
penicilina
- We analyzed the association between susceptibility to penicillin and outcome for non-PCV serotypes.
- penicillin-resistant
- penicillin-type antibiotics
- penicillin treatment
They were not giving them penicillin at all.
- They were not giving them penicillin at all.
- And so he named the product itself Penicillin.
- Or like penicillin, like, yeah, an antibiotic.
- That's until the advent of penicillin.
- It means that the widespread claim that penicillin saved all those wounded soldiers has no scientific basis.
- I mean, even kings died and Princess died of diseases, which you'd now cure by a shot of penicillin.
- Correction, you don't give penicillin for gonorrhea, but they do usually give one dose of ceftriaxone and that one was sent to us by anonymous.
- And then he was able to use penicillin effectively in rats as as an antibiotic and then was able to do it again in humans.
- There's there's, there's band aids, there's, there's penicillin, there's all that kind of stuff.
- But one, I'm hearing great things about penicillin.
Examples
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We've nearly eradicated polio across the world, and penicillin has been saving billions of lives.
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Dairy cows with symptoms of mastitis typically receive penicillin to stop the infection.
Academic text (2000) -
We also knew that a good dose of penicillin would take care of anything left in our equipment.
Fiction book (2002) -
Fungi have been fighting E coli with penicillin for millions of years.
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In such cases, a course of intramuscular or intravenous penicillin often brings about a rapid clinical improvement.
Academic text (2005) -
Treatment with intravenous penicillin G was commenced, and an emergency lower segment cesarean section was performed.
Academic text (2015) -
Some of the sailors had contracted venereal disease during shore leave, but the penicillin supply had mysteriously disappeared.
Academic text (1999) -
The doctor prescribed penicillin to treat her bacterial infection.
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After the surgery, the patient was given penicillin to prevent any infections.
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My grandmother always mentioned how penicillin changed the treatment of infections in her lifetime.
Synonyms
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3.4
A common medicine that kills bacteria to treat many infections
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3.7
A medicine that kills many kinds of bacteria
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6.0
A medicine that kills bacteria, used for infections caused by staph bacteria
A natural antibiotic used to treat many bacterial infections
A medicine that kills bacteria and treats infections, often given by injection
A medicine taken by mouth to treat bacterial infections and stable in stomach acid
A medicine with potassium used to treat infections caused by bacteria
A medicine that you take by mouth to kill bacteria that cause infections like sore throats
A medicine made by some mould that kills bacteria and is like penicillin G
A natural medicine that treats infections caused by bacteria
A brand name for the medicine ampicillin that treats bacterial infections
A medicine called ampicillin that kills bacteria to treat infections
A brand name for a medicine used to treat infections caused by bacteria
An antibiotic like penicillin that still works when bacteria make a chemical that breaks penicillin
An antibiotic used to treat infections caused by staph bacteria when penicillin does not work
Compounds
- Informal
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4.9
A warm chicken soup people drink to feel better when they have a cold or minor illness
- Specialized
Bacteria that penicillin does not kill and that keep growing
- Specialized
A medicine made by some mould that kills bacteria and is like penicillin G
- Specialized
A medicine taken by mouth to treat bacterial infections and stable in stomach acid
- Specialized
A medicine with potassium used to treat infections caused by bacteria
- Specialized
A medicine that you take by mouth to kill bacteria that cause infections like sore throats
How Resistant
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.7
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
penicillin = Penicillium (opaque) = penicillium + in
Formed from the genus name Penicillium + the chemical suffix -in; the connection to 'antibiotic' is specialized and not obvious to average learners.
Etymology
Penicillin comes from the name of the mold Penicillium, which comes from the Latin penicillus meaning 'little brush' because the fungus looks like tiny brushes and even shares the same root as pencil. So penicillin is the medicine made from that mold used to fight bacterial infections.