PENICILLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penicillin mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENICILLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "penicillin"):

amoxicillin; Amoxil; Augmentin; Larotid; Polymox; Trimox (an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections)

ampicillin; Polycillin; Principen; SK-Ampicillin (semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin))

Fulvicin; griseofulvin (a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium)

methicillin (antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections)

penicillinase-resistant antibiotic (a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase)

penicillin F (the first form of penicillin that was isolated in Great Britain)

benzylpenicillin; penicillin G (the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics)

penicillin O (a penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently)

penicillin V; phenoxymethyl penicillin (a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids)

piperacillin; Pipracil (a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections)

 Context examples 

Ampicillin sodium inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to penicillin binding proteins, thereby inhibiting peptidoglycan synthesis, a critical component of the bacterial cell wall.

(Ampicillin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Ampicillin trihydrate inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to penicillin binding proteins, thereby inhibiting peptidoglycan synthesis, a critical component of the bacterial cell wall.

(Ampicillin Trihydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad-spectrum, semi-synthetic, beta-lactam penicillin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.

(Ampicillin, NCI Thesaurus)

The pivoxil ester form of a semisynthetic, broad spectrum beta-lactam penicillin with antibacterial activity.

(Amdinocillin Pivoxil, NCI Thesaurus)

Given the fact that most beta-lactam penicillins bind almost exclusively to PBPs 1 and 3, amdinocillin is able to synergize with other penicillins in the treatment against bacterial infections.

(Amdinocillin, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad-spectrum, semisynthetic penicillin derivative with antibacterial activity.

(Aspoxicillin, NCI Thesaurus)

The potassium salt of a narrow-spectrum, semisynthetic penicillin derivative with antibacterial activity.

(Azidocillin Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)

A penicillin antibiotic with antibacterial activity.

(Oxetacillin, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug regimen using Pefloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, and Penicillin V, a penicillin antibiotic, that was studied for use as prophylaxis of bacterial infections in Granulocytopenic Cancer.

(Pefloxacin/Penicillin V, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic penicillinase-resistant and acid-stable penicillin with an antimicrobial activity.

(Oxacillin, NCI Thesaurus)