English-Finnish translations for penicillin

• penisilliini
  Sitä tapahtuu usein ja niiden joukossa on esimerkiksi stafylokokki, josta penisilliini keksittiin. There are countless cases of this, including staphylococcus, the bacterium which causes infections that are treated with penicillin.

Definition of penicillin

• Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from ''Penicillium'molds or synthesized; they have a beta-lactam structure; most are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

Related words

• benzylpenicillin
• phenoxymethylpenicillin
• penicillinase
• aminopenicillin
• penicillinic
• I'm allergic to penicillin