penicillinize

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verb

To treat (someone) with penicillin.

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Meanings

verbpenicillinize (third-person singular simple present penicillinizes, present participle penicillinizing, simple past and past participle penicillinized)

present singular third person penicillinizes · participle present penicillinizing · participle past penicillinized · past penicillinized

  1. transitivemedicineTo treat (someone) with penicillin.

    These specific measures are primarily directed against streptococcal infection and are discussed in the section on after-care since they are particularly applicable to the convalescent case. It is obviously both undesirable and impossible to penicillinize everyone with a sore throat.

    1964, William Sydney Charles Copeman, editor, Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, Edinurgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., page 150
  2. transitivemedicineTo add penicillin to (an erythrocyte etc.).

Origin

From penicillin + -ize.

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APA

penicillinize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penicillinize

MLA

“penicillinize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penicillinize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penicillinize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penicillinize.

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