PENICILLINASE-RESISTANT ANTIBIOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penicillinase-resistant antibiotic mean? 

• PENICILLINASE-RESISTANT ANTIBIOTIC (noun)
  The noun PENICILLINASE-RESISTANT ANTIBIOTIC has 1 sense:

1. a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase

  Familiarity information: PENICILLINASE-RESISTANT ANTIBIOTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENICILLINASE-RESISTANT ANTIBIOTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("penicillinase-resistant antibiotic" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "penicillinase-resistant antibiotic"):

Nafcil; nafcillin (a 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)

oxacillin (a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci)