Meaning of PENICILLIN

Pronunciation:			`peni'silin
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  any of various antibiotics obtained from penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
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	See Also:		amoxicillin, Amoxil, ampicillin, antibiotic, antibiotic drug, Augmentin, benzylpenicillin, Fulvicin, griseofulvin, Larotid, methicillin, penicillin F, penicillin G, penicillin O, penicillin V, penicillinase-resistant antibiotic, phenoxymethyl penicillin, piperacillin, Pipracil, Polycillin, Polymox, Principen, SK-Ampicillin, Trimox, wonder drug
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		An antibiotic drug used to treat infection.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		Any of many natural or partly synthetic antibiotics that work against a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria (such as streptococci), some Gram-positive bacteria, and some pathogenic fungi. Penicillin, which is produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium, works by interfering with microbes' ability to sythesize peptidoglycan.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		actinomycin, amphotericin, bacitracin, carbomycin, Chloromycetin, chlortetracycline, cloxacillin, dihydrostreptomycin, erythromycin, fradicin, gramicidin, griseofulvin, methicillin, mitomycin, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Terramycin, tetracycline, tylocin, tyrothricin, vancomycin, viomycin