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penicillinizing

penicillinizing is the present participle and gerund 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 penicillinizing

What is penicillinizing the present participle and gerund of?
Penicillinizing is the present participle and gerund of penicillinize.

Words near penicillinizing in the dictionary

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

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