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nounany of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseasestype of:
Definition that contains penicillin
- chain British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
- resistance the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- fleming Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
- oxacillin a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
- ampicillin semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin)
- augmentin an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
- amoxicillin an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
- anaphylactic shock a severe and rapid and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction to a substance (especially a vaccine or penicillin or shellfish or insect venom) to which the organism has become sensitized by previous exposure
- polymox an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
- penicillin v potassium a form of penicillin V (trade name Ledercillin VK)