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penicil

penicil noun: a tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.

Noun

penicil (plural penicils)

  1. (dated) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
  2. A brush made from hair.

Forms of penicil

pluralpenicils

Origin of penicil

From Latin penicillum, penicillus (“a painter's brush, a roll of lint, a tent for wounds”).

Questions about penicil

What does penicil mean?
Penicil means a tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
What part of speech is penicil?
Penicil is a noun.
What is the plural of penicil?
The plural of penicil is penicils.

Words near penicil in the dictionary

  1. penial
  2. peniaphobia
  3. penible
  4. peniche
  5. peniches
  6. penicil
  7. penicilamine
  8. penicillamine
  9. penicillamines
  10. penicillanic
  11. penicillanic acid

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