English Explanatory Dictionary

penicil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
  2. A brush made from hair.

Word forms

penicil penicils

Etymology

From Latin penicillum, penicillus (“a painter's brush, a roll of lint, a tent for wounds”).

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