Definition of Methicillin

1. Noun. Antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections.

Generic synonyms: Penicillin

Definition of Methicillin

1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) An antibiotic drug, chemically related to penicillin, often used against strains of bacteria which have become resistant to penicillin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Methicillin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Methicillin

1. Penicillinase resistant penicillin antibiotic. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methicillin

methenamine salicylate
methenamines
methene
methenolone
methenyl
methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase
metheptazine
mether
methera
methera-bumfit
methergine
methergoline
methi
methicilin
methicillin (current term)
methicillin resistance
methicillin sodium
methicillins
methidathion
methide
methides
methimazole
methine
methines
methink
methinketh
methinks
methinkst
methinx

Literary usage of Methicillin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Almost all infective strains derived from humans are resistant to the penicillinase- resistant penicillins such as methicillin and oxacillin. ..."

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