Definition of penicillins Penicillins

/pɛˌnʌsɪˈlʌnz/ - [penusilunz] -

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penicillins (Noun)
Plural of penicillin.

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penicillins, noun, plural of penicillin.

WordNet

Noun Plural: penicillins
penicillin - any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
		antibiotic, antibiotic drug a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"
		amoxicillin, amoxil, augmentin, larotid, polymox, trimox an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
		ampicillin, polycillin, principen, sk-ampicillin semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin)
		fulvicin, griseofulvin a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium
		methicillin antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections
		penicillinase-resistant antibiotic a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase
		penicillin f the first form of penicillin that was isolated in Great Britain
		benzylpenicillin, penicillin g the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics
		penicillin o a penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently
		penicillin v, phenoxymethyl penicillin a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids

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Wiktionary

penicillin (Noun)
Any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotic s obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized; they have a beta-lactam structure; most are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.

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penicillin
A group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi.

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Penicillin is a common antibiotic, used to treat bacterial infections. Penicillin was discovered by Scottish scientist Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928. It was not mass-produced until the 1940s, however. Penicillin is sometimes used to treat syphilis, tonsilitis, meningitis, and pneumonia as well as other diseases. It was commonly used during World War 2. Penicillin was discovered when Fleming went to the sink and found a mold stopping bacterial fungus growing on the plates. Australian scientist Howard Walter Florey made the penicillin mold into a medicine. Together with another scientist Ernest Boris Chain, Fleming and Florey were given the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.