Cillin

Morpheme

Cillin

Type

bound base

Denotation

penicillin-type antibiotic

Etymology

from penicillin (<Penicill + -in(e)>); Latin pēnicillum, from pēniculus, from pēnis +‎ -culus

Evidence

adicillin, almecillin, amantocillin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, apalcillin, aspoxicillin, azidocillin, azlocillin, bacampicillin, carbenicillin, carfecillin, carindacillin, ciclacillin, clometocillin, cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, epicillin, fenbenicillin, fibracillin, flucloxacillin, furbucillin, fuzlocillin, hetacillin, meticillin, mezlocillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, penamecillin, pheneticillin, phenyracillin, piperacillin, pirbenicillin, pivampicillin, propicillin, quinacillin, sarmoxicillin, sulbenicillin, sultamicillin, talampicillin, temocillin, ticarcillin

See Also

Penicill, -in(e) [-ine, -in]