what does penicillin mean?
PENICILLIN as NOUN
- Meaning
- any of various antibiotics obtained from penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
Hypernyms(s) penicillin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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