methicillin

methicillin
/meth'euh sil"in/, n. Pharm.
a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C17H19N2NaO6S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
[1960-65; METH(YL) + (PEN)ICILLIN]

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