Definition
methicillins
noun
- Plural of methicillin; a group of semisynthetic penicillin antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections, especially those resistant to penicillin.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; typically used in plural form when referring to multiple drugs or doses
Examples
- The hospital stockpiled methicillins to treat resistant bacterial strains.
- Methicillins were among the first antibiotics developed to combat penicillin-resistant infections.
- Doctors prescribed methicillins when standard penicillin proved ineffective.
- The lab tested several methicillins against the patient's bacterial culture.
- Methicillins have largely been replaced by newer antibiotics in clinical practice.