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Penicillin
Meaning
Noun
●
In Pharmaceutical drugs:
Any of a group of narrow-spectrum
antibiotics
obtained
from Penicillium
molds
or
synthesized
, that have a
beta-lactam
structure and are
active
against
gram-positive
bacteria
and used in the treatment of various
infections
and diseases.
●
In Mycology:
A
blue
mold
of the
genus
Penicillium that
produces
penicillin.
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