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No. 11,722 in Swedish

penicillin

Penicillin: An antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections.

In a sentence

  • Jag tog penicillin för att bli frisk.

    I took penicillin to get well.

    In this sentence, 'penicillin' is used to refer to the medication itself, which was taken to recover health.

  • Penicillin upptäcktes av Alexander Fleming.

    Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.

    Here, 'penicillin' refers to the substance and its historical discovery, highlighting its importance in medical science.

  • Min kropp är allergisk mot penicillin.

    My body is allergic to penicillin.

    In this context, 'penicillin' is mentioned as a substance to which the individual has an allergic reaction, emphasizing a personal medical condition.

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