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UK
/pˈɛnɪsˌɪlɪn/
]
[ US /ˌpɛnəˈsɪɫən/ ]
[ US /ˌpɛnəˈsɪɫən/ ]
NOUN
- 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