Penicillin



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 青霉素
• ［英］ 青霉素, 盘尼西林 ( a substance used as a medicine to destroy certain bacteria in people and animals)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: New Latin Penicillium
• Date: 1929
• 1. any of several relatively nontoxic antibiotic acids of the general formula C［sub］9［/sub］H［sub］11［/sub］N［sub］2［/sub］O［sub］4［/sub］SR that are produced by molds (genus Penicillium and especially P. notatum or P. chrysogenum) or synthetically and are used especially against gram-positive cocci; also a mixture of such acids
• 2. a salt or ester of a penicillin or a mixture of such salts or esters

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