penicillin
11penicillin — 1929, coined in English by Alexander Fleming (1881 1955), who first recognized its antibiotic properties, from Mod.L. Penicillium notatum (1867), the name of the mould from which it was first obtained, from L. penicillus paintbrush (see PENCIL… …
12Penicillin — ↑ Penizillin …
13penicillin — ► NOUN ▪ an antibiotic produced naturally by certain blue moulds and now usually prepared synthetically. ORIGIN from Latin penicillum paintbrush …
14penicillin — [pen΄i sil′in] n. [< PENICILLIUM + IN1] any of a group of isomeric, antibiotic compounds with the general formula C9H11N2O4SR, obtained from the filtrates of certain molds (esp., Penicillium notatum and P. chrysogenum) or produced… …
15Penicillin — For the Japanese band, see Penicillin (band). Penicillin core structure. The R is the variable group. Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN or pen) is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi.[1] They include …
16Penicillin — Strukturformel Strukturformeln der Penicillin …
17Penicillin — Historically, the most famous of all antibiotics, named for the fungal mould Penicillium notatum from which it is derived. Penicillin acts by destroying the cell wall in those bacteria that are sensitive have been developed (not resistant) to its …
18Penicillin G — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Benzylpenicillin Andere Namen …
19penicillin — /pen euh sil in/, n. Pharm. any of several antibiotics of low toxicity, produced naturally by molds of the genus Penicillium and also semisynthetically, having a bactericidal action on many susceptible Gram positive or Gram negative cocci and… …
20penicillin V — noun a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids • Syn: ↑phenoxymethyl penicillin • Hypernyms: ↑penicillin • Hyponyms: ↑penicillin V potassium, ↑Ledercillin VK * * * …
