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penicillinize

penicillinize verb: to treat (someone) with penicillin.

Verb

penicillinize (third-person singular simple present penicillinizes, present participle penicillinizing, simple past and past participle penicillinized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (someone) with penicillin.
    • These specific measures are primarily directed against streptococcal infection and are discussed in the section on after-care since they are particularly applicable to the convalescent case. It is obviously both undesirable and impossible to penicillinize everyone with a sore throat.1964, William Sydney Charles Copeman, editor, Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, Edinurgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., page 150
  2. (transitive) To add penicillin to (an erythrocyte etc.).

Forms of penicillinize

third-person singular presentpenicillinizes
present participlepenicillinizing
past participlepenicillinized
pastpenicillinized

Origin of penicillinize

From penicillin + -ize.

Questions about penicillinize

What does penicillinize mean?
Penicillinize means to treat (someone) with penicillin.
What part of speech is penicillinize?
Penicillinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of penicillinize?
The past tense of penicillinize is penicillinized.

Words near penicillinize in the dictionary

  1. penicillinase
  2. penicillinases
  3. penicillinic
  4. penicillinic acid
  5. penicillinic acids
  6. penicillinize
  7. penicillinized
  8. penicillinizes
  9. penicillinizing
  10. penicillins
  11. penicilliosis

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