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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The most common component of most penicillin preparations, used usually in the form of its stable salts, and injected to treat infections caused primarily by gram-positive bacteria.
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- noun pharmacology An alternative name for
benzylpenicillin .
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