penicillin
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.
Other meanings
A blue mold of the genus Penicillium that produces penicillin.
A kind of
- antibiotic
Related words
- allylmercaptomethylpenicillin
- aminopenicillin
- ampicillin
- carboxypenicillin
- dimethoxyphenylpenicillin
- fenbenicillin
- nonpenicillin
- penam
- penicillamine
- penicillinase
- penicillinic
- penicillinize
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This definition is adapted from “penicillin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.