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