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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