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penicillin ‎(countable and uncountable, plural penicillins)

(pharmacology) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics 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.

Terms derived from penicillin

penicillin

Arabic: بِنِسِلِين m ‎(binisilīn)
Egyptian: بينسيلين m
Basque: penizilina
Belarusian: пеніцылін m ‎(penicylín)
Bulgarian: пеницилин m ‎(penicilín)
Catalan: penicil·lina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 青黴素 (zh), 青霉素 (zh) ‎(qīngméisù), 盤尼西林 (zh), 盘尼西林 (zh) ‎(pánníxīlín)
Czech: penicilín (cs) m
Danish: penicillin c, n
Dutch: penicilline (nl)
Esperanto: penicilino
Faroese: penicillin
Finnish: penisilliini (fi)
French: pénicilline (fr) f
Georgian: პენიცილინი ‎(ṗenicilini)
German: Penicillin n, Penizillin (de) n
Greek: πενικιλίνη (el) f ‎(penikilíni)
Hebrew: פניצילין (he)
Hindi: पेनिसिलिन (hi) ‎(penisilin)
Hungarian: penicillin (hu)
Icelandic: penisillín
Ido: penicilino (io)
Indonesian: penisilin (id)
Italian: penicillina (it) f
Japanese: ペニシリン ‎(penishirin)

penicillin n ‎(definite singular penicillinet, indefinite plural penicillin, definite plural penicillina or penicillinene)

penicillin n ‎(definite singular penicillinet, indefinite plural penicillin, definite plural penicillina)