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penicillin
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
penicillin
(noun)
penicillin
/ˌpɛnə
ˈ
sɪlən/
noun
penicillin
/ˌpɛnə
ˈ
sɪlən/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PENICILLIN
[
noncount
]
:
a medicine that is used to kill harmful bacteria
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