penicillin
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1. any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | antibiotic, antibiotic drug, |
| definition | : | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | amoxicillin, amoxil, augmentin, larotid, polymox, trimox, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | fulvicin, griseofulvin, |
| definition | : | a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | methicillin, |
| definition | : | antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | penicillin f, |
| definition | : | the first form of penicillin that was isolated in Great Britain (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | benzylpenicillin, penicillin g, |
| definition | : | the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | penicillin o, |
| definition | : | a penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | penicillin v, phenoxymethyl penicillin, |
| definition | : | a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | piperacillin, pipracil, |
| definition | : | a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections (noun.artifact) |
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