"penicil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: penicils [plural]
Etymology: From Latin penicillum, penicillus (“a painter's brush, a roll of lint, a tent for wounds”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|penicillum}} Latin penicillum Head templates: {{en-noun}} penicil (plural penicils)
  1. (medicine, dated) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-penicil-en-noun-XEDXAZMn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. A brush made from hair.
    Sense id: en-penicil-en-noun-P3~GSn2V

Inflected forms

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