#penicillin  any of various antibiotics obtained from penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
  supertype:  #antibiotic_drug__antibiotic__wonder_drug  a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections
  subtype:  #amoxicillin__amoxil__Larotid__Polymox__Trimox__Augmentin  an antibiotic (a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin)) used to treat bacterial infections
  subtype:  #ampicillin__Principen__Polycillin__SK-Ampicillin  semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin)
  subtype:  #griseofulvin__Fulvicin  a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium
  subtype:  #methicillin  antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections
  subtype:  #penicillinase-resistant_antibiotic__penicillinaseresistantantibiotic  a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase
     subtype:  #nafcillin__Nafcil  a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci
     subtype:  #oxacillin  a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
  subtype:  #penicillin_F  the first form of penicillin that was isolated in Great Britain
  subtype:  #penicillin_G__benzylpenicillin  the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics
  subtype:  #penicillin_O  a penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently
  subtype:  #penicillin_V__phenoxymethyl_penicillin__phenoxymethylpenicillin  a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids
     subtype:  #penicillin_V_potassium__Ledercillin_VK  a form of penicillin V (trade name Ledercillin VK)
  subtype:  #piperacillin__Pipracil  a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections

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