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penicillinized

penicillinized is the simple past and past participle of penicillinize.

Meaning of penicillinize

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.).

Questions about penicillinized

What is penicillinized the simple past and past participle of?
Penicillinized is the simple past and past participle of penicillinize.

Words near penicillinized in the dictionary

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

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