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penicil

[ pen-uh-sil ]

noun

  1. a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of penicil1

First recorded in 1820–30, penicil is from the Latin word ŧԾܲ painter's brush or pencil. See pencil
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Example Sentences

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Penicil, pen′i-sil, n. a brush of hairs: a pledget for wounds, &c.—adjs.

From

Penicil′lium, one of the blue-moulds.

From

But through the whole winter of 1942, only enough penicil lin was made in the U.S. to treat about 50 patients.

A few U.S. hospitals made penicil lin by "kitchen culture."

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