penicilina

Portuguese

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/

• (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)

1. penicillin (antibiotic)

Hypernyms

• antibiótico

Related terms

• peniciliforme
• penicilinado
• penicilino-resistência
• penicilino-resistente
• penicilinoterapia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• 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

penicilina f (plural penicilinas)

1. penicillin

Further reading

• “penicilina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014