penicilina

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Portuguese

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penicilina

Etymology

From English penicillin, coined by Alexander Fleming after New Latin Penicillium notatum (now Penicillium chrysogenum), a fungus from which penicillin is obtained.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ni.siˈlĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ni.siˈli.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ni.siˈli.nɐ/

Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧ci‧li‧na

Noun

penicilina f (uncountable)

penicillin (antibiotic)

Hypernyms

antibiótico

Related terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /peniθiˈlina/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /penisiˈlina/
Rhymes: -ina
Syllabification: pe‧ni‧ci‧li‧na

Noun

penicilina f (plural penicilinas)

penicillin

Further reading

“penicilina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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