penicillin

From translingual Penicillium +‎ -in. Coined by Alexander Fleming after Penicillium notatum (now Penicillium chrysogenum), a fungus from which penicillin is obtained.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛn.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪn
• Hyphenation: pen‧i‧cil‧lin

penicillin (countable and uncountable, plural penicillins)

1. (pharmacology) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized, that have a beta-lactam structure and are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.
2. (mycology) A blue mold of the genus Penicillium that produces penicillin.

• “penicillin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “penicillin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From Latin Penicillium.

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

1. penicillin

• “penicillin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin Penicillium.

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

1. penicillin

• “penicillin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

penicillin n

1. (pharmacology) penicillin

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• penicillin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)