Crossword clues for methicillin
Wiktionary
methicillin
n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) An antibiotic drug, chemically related to penicillin, often used against strains of bacteria which have become resistant to penicillin.
WordNet
methicillin
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.