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Definition of Penicil
1. n. A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
Definition of Penicil
1. Noun. (medicine dated) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penicil
1. a small tuft of hairs [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penicil
Literary usage of Penicil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"A drug derived from certain tree ferns in Java, which has had a reputation in
Holland, especially as a styptic. penicil'ium, Compress ..."
2. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"The spores of the common saprophytic molds, penicil- lium, ... Some of them, such
as penicil- lium, may give a disagreeable, moldy taste to the wine, ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1888)
"Hallier thought that only the organisms contained in calf's stomachs were the
cause of coagulation and that microbes of penicil- lium would coagulate milk ..."
4. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"... Aspergillus, penicil- lium, etc.) were offered two compounds ; one more
nutritious, the other less so. Under these circumstances, the more nutritious ..."
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