Penicillin Synonyms, Penicillin Antonyms

penicillin [pen-uh-sil-in] Example Sentences

Main Entry:	antibiotic [an-ti-bahy-ot-ik, -bee-, an-tee-, -tahy-] Show IPA
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	medicine
Synonyms:	amoxicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, penicillin, streptomycin, sulfa drug, sulfonamide, tetracycline, wonder drug

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Example Sentences

In fact, purified penicillin is not toxic to guinea pigs, and it can be used to treat diseases of that species.

And you are right that they lack the critical training to tell penicillin from snake oil.

Penicillin is so good at killing bacteria that bacteria have had to evolve a way around it.

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