penicilina
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From English penicillin, coined by Alexander Fleming after New Latin Penicillium notatum (now Penicillium chrysogenum), a fungus from which penicillin is obtained.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧ci‧li‧na
Noun edit
penicilina f (uncountable)
- penicillin (antibiotic)
Hypernyms edit
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peniθiˈlina/ [pe.ni.θiˈli.na]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /penisiˈlina/ [pe.ni.siˈli.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: pe‧ni‧ci‧li‧na
Noun edit
penicilina f (plural penicilinas)
Further reading edit
- “penicilina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014