Synonyms for penicillin

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pen-uh-sil-in

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɛn əˈsɪl ɪn

Définition of penicillin

Origin : 1929, coined in English by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), who first recognized its antibiotic properties, from Modern Latin Penicillium notatum (1867), the name of the mould from which it was first obtained, from Latin penicillus "paintbrush" (see pencil (n.)), in reference to the shape of the mould cells.

As in antibiotic : noun medicine

Example sentences :

It had words for electron, penicillin and calculus, for he found them in his own mind.
Extract from : « The Sky Is Falling » by Lester del Rey

Bags of fertilizer can be put on display, as can vials of penicillin, and jars of herbicide.
Extract from : « Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology » by John T. Schlebecker

And in no time, penicillin was in mass production, saving untold thousands of lives.
Extract from : « Bear Trap » by Alan Edward Nourse

The effect of penicillin and certain sulfa drugs on the intracellular bacteroids of the cockroach.
Extract from : « The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches » by Louis M. Roth

So far, he'd been lucky with penicillin, but each time he used it with grave doubts of its action on the Mars-adapted patients.
Extract from : « Badge of Infamy » by Lester del Rey

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