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Word: Penicillin
Speech Type: Noun
from the modern Latin genus name Penicillium (see penicillium) + -in
ˌpɛnɪˈsɪlɪn
an antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue moulds, now usually prepared synthetically. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 and during the Second World War became the first antibiotic to be used by doctors
Short Definition:antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue moulds
Examples:- patients who are allergic to penicillin
- penicillins and cephalosporins
a blue mould of a type that produces penicillin.
Short Definition:blue mould of type that produces penicillin
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