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Antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections
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methicillin
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n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) An antibiotic drug, chemically related to penicillin, often used against strains of bacteria which have become resistant to penicillin.
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n. antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections
Usage examples of methicillin.
In South Africa a strain was found to be resistant not only to penicillin, but to most of its successors, including ampicillin, streptomycin, methicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline.