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penicillin

/ˌpenɪˈsɪlɪn/

nounMedicine

Penicillium mantarlarından elde edilen ve bakteriyel enfeksiyonları tedavi etmek için yaygın olarak kullanılan bir antibiyotik.

An antibiotic drug derived from Penicillium fungi, widely used to treat bacterial infections.

  • The doctor prescribed penicillin to treat the bacterial infection.
  • Some people are allergic to penicillin and need alternative antibiotics.
  • Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.
  • The widespread agricultural use of penicillin in livestock has raised concerns among epidemiologists about accelerating antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations.
  • Medical historians credit the mass production of penicillin during World War II with saving countless soldiers from infections that would have been fatal in previous conflicts.
  • Pharmaceutical researchers are investigating synthetic modifications to penicillin molecules to overcome resistance mechanisms developed by pathogenic bacteria.