penicillin

1. Any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases (synset 103916152)
   is a type of: antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
   subtypes:

   • amoxicillin, amoxil, augmentin, larotid, polymox, trimox - an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
   • ampicillin, polycillin, principen, sk-ampicillin - semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin)
   • fulvicin, griseofulvin - a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium
   • methicillin - antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections
   • penicillinase-resistant antibiotic - a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase
   • penicillin f - the first form of penicillin that was isolated in Great Britain
   • benzylpenicillin, penicillin g - the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics
   • penicillin o - a penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently
   • penicillin v, phenoxymethyl penicillin - a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids
   • piperacillin, pipracil - a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections

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