noun
- a synthetic antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections, especially those caused by staphylococci
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor prescribed methicillin to treat the patient’s severe infection.
- Methicillin-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat in hospitals.
- The laboratory tested the bacteria’s sensitivity to methicillin.
- Before penicillin allergies were discovered, methicillin was widely used.
- The antibiotic methicillin belongs to the penicillin family of drugs.
- MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.