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/
- (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

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)

penicillin

Further reading

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

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