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pheneticillin

pheneticillin noun: a certain penicillin antibiotic.

Noun

pheneticillin (uncountable)

  1. A certain penicillin antibiotic.

Forms of pheneticillin

alternative formphenoxyethylpenicillin
alternative formphenethicillin
alternative formfeneticillin

Origin of pheneticillin

From phen(oxy) + eth- + (pen)icillin.

Questions about pheneticillin

What does pheneticillin mean?
Pheneticillin means a certain penicillin antibiotic.
What part of speech is pheneticillin?
Pheneticillin is a noun.

Words near pheneticillin in the dictionary

  1. phenethylline
  2. phenetic
  3. phenetically
  4. phenetician
  5. pheneticians
  6. pheneticillin
  7. pheneticism
  8. pheneticist
  9. pheneticists
  10. phenetics
  11. phenetidine

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