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penicillin

[ UK /pˈɛnɪsˌɪlɪn/ ]
[ US /ˌpɛnəˈsɪɫən/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

How To Use penicillin In A Sentence

  • Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.
  • Streptomycin is more stable than penicillin and so it was easier to isolate and manufacture.
  • Currently, many pneumococci are resistant to penicillins and other agents.
  • - Antibacterial (antibiotic) of the penicillin group, acting specifically against penicillinase producing staphylococci Chapter 4
  • Like Harry Lime, the penicillin-diluting racketeer he plays in the film, Welles infects The Third Man from opening titles to closing credits.
  • The discovery of penicillin was a landmark in the history of medicine.
  • The invention of penicillin effectively wiped out the staph infection problem in hospitals, but after the bacteria developed resistance to it, methicillin became the standard treatment in 1960.
  • We therefore assessed penicillin resistance against the prescribing of phenoxymethylpenicillin, all penicillins, and all lactams, and erythromycin resistance against the prescribing of erythromycin and all macrolides.
  • In an almost-standard sandwich-type configuration, penicillinase enzyme was attached to the target cells using anti-penicillinase and bridging antibodies. The Scientist
  • Since 1948 his research topics have included carbohydrate-amino acid relationship in nervous tissue, a study of the mode of action of insulin, fermentation technology, 6-aminopenicillanic acid and penicillinase-stable penicillins, lysergic acid production in submerged culture, and the isolation of new fungal metabolites. Ernst B. Chain - Biography
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