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penicillin

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌpɛn.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/Part of speech nounSorted ceiiillnnpStarts with PEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An antibiotic originally derived from mold and used to treat bacterial infections.

Word origin

From translingual Penicillium + -in. Coined by Alexander Fleming after Penicillium notatum (now Penicillium chrysogenum), a fungus from which penicillin is obtained.

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Broader terms

antibiotic 10 letters

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Rhymes

anilin 6 lettersberlin 6 letterscaplin 6 lettersdunlin 6 lettersgoblin 6 lettershyalin 6 lettersinulin 6 letterskaolin 6 letters

Longer words

penicillinase 13 lettersbenzylpenicillin 16 letters