penicilina

Portuguese

Etymology

From English penicillin, coined by Alexander Fleming after New Latin Penicillium notatum (now Penicillium chrysogenum), a fungus from which penicillin is obtained.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ni.siˈli.nɐ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe.ni.si.ˈli.na/, /ˌpe.ni.si.ˈli.nɐ/
Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧ci‧li‧na

Noun

penicilina f (uncountable)

penicillin (antibiotic)

Hypernyms

antibiótico

Related terms

peniciliforme
penicilinado
penicilino-resistência
penicilino-resistente
penicilinoterapia

Spanish

Noun

penicilina f (plural penicilinas)

penicillin

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