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penicillin

Definition

any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

Examples

penicillin was an important discovery

Other users have misspelled penicillin as:

  • penicillium - 8.1%
  • punicalin - 5.2%
  • pencillium - 4.5%
  • pencilin - 2.6%
  • Other - 79.53%