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Answer for the clue "Antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections ", 11 letters:
methicillin

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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.