| 单词 | penicillin |
| 释义 | penicillin (once / 13032 pages) n If you have an ear infection, your doctor may give you penicillin. It's a common kind of antibiotic medicine. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by a Scottish scientist who proved it could treat and cure all kinds of troublesome bacterial infections. The idea of using various molds to combat illness had actually been around since the Middle Ages, but penicillin was the first such medicine to be made on a large scale. The Latin root, penicillus, or "paintbrush," describes the shape of the mold cells that were used to created the original penicillin. WORD FAMILYpenicillin: penicillins USAGE EXAMPLESUnlike some other antibiotics such as penicillin, which prevent bacteria from dividing, aminoglycosides kill bacteria. Washington Times(Nov 25, 2016) “During one break, he took a cab uptown to get his doctor to shoot him full of penicillin,” Shapero said. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) He has likened the proliferation of medical pot to telling patients to chew on mold instead of taking penicillin. Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) n any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases Hypo|Hyper Amoxil, Augmentin, Larotid, Polymox, Trimox, amoxicillin an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin, ampicillinsemisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) Fulvicin, griseofulvina kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium methicillinantibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections penicillinase-resistant antibiotica form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase penicillin Fthe first form of penicillin that was isolated in Great Britain benzylpenicillin, penicillin Gthe penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics penicillin Oa penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently penicillin V, phenoxymethyl penicillina crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids Pipracil, piperacillina synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections Nafcil, nafcillina penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci oxacillina form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci Ledercillin VK, penicillin V potassiuma form of penicillin V (trade name Ledercillin VK) antibiotic, antibiotic drug a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections |
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