BENZYLPENICILLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does benzylpenicillin mean? 

• BENZYLPENICILLIN (noun)
  The noun BENZYLPENICILLIN has 1 sense:

1. the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics

  Familiarity information: BENZYLPENICILLIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENZYLPENICILLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

benzylpenicillin; penicillin G

Hypernyms ("benzylpenicillin" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

The 2,5-diphenylpiperazine salt of benzylpenicillin with antibacterial activity.

(Phenyracillin, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzylpenicillin sodium binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Penicillin G Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of benzylpenicillin, a semi-synthetic, broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.

(Penicillin G Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)