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‖ penicillus|pɛnɪˈsɪləs|
Pl. -i.
[L.: see pencil, penicil.]
1. Anat. Each of the tufts formed by the ramifications of the portal vein in the liver, and of the minute arteries in the spleen.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 332 Absorbed from the penicilli or pores of the liver. 1878tr. H. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. VIII. 353 Each penicillus [in the spleen] with the corresponding veins, forms a closed and independent vascular system.
2. = penicil 2.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Penicillus, among chirurgeons is used for a tent, to be put in wounds or ulcers. 1893in Syd. Soc. Lex. |