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quinacillin

quinacillin noun: a penicillin drug.

Noun

quinacillin (uncountable)

  1. A penicillin drug.

Origin of quinacillin

From quin(oxaline) + -a- + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).

Questions about quinacillin

What does quinacillin mean?
Quinacillin means a penicillin drug.
What part of speech is quinacillin?
Quinacillin is a noun.

Words near quinacillin in the dictionary

  1. Quinabigan
  2. quinacainol
  3. quinacetol
  4. quinacid
  5. quinacids
  6. quinacillin
  7. quinacridone
  8. quinacridones
  9. quinacrine
  10. quinacrines
  11. Quinagasan

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