discovery of penicillin

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discovery
noun
uk
/dɪˈskʌv.ər.i/us
/dɪˈskʌv.ɚ.i/
the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that ...
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penicillin
noun[U]
uk
/ˌpen.əˈsɪl.ɪn/us
/ˌpen.əˈsɪl.ɪn/
a type of antibiotic (= a medicine that ...
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Today we are potentially faced with one of those great changes in the story of human kind, comparable to thediscoveryofpenicillinor vaccines.
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It will be recalled that thediscoveryofpenicillinresulted from the accidental growth of a mould on a culture left by an open window.
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I doubt whether in 1938, eleven years after thediscoveryofpenicillin.
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It was only thediscoveryofpenicillinthat countered that threat.
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Without doubt, thediscoveryofpenicillinand other antibiotics has revolutionised health care.
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The story begins further back still, with the failure to exploit thediscoveryofpenicillin.
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There have been instances—and thediscoveryofpenicillinwas one—where a new and important remedy has been discovered and for a time was in very short supply.
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First used in 1945, the tetravalent vaccine was not widely distributed, since its deployment coincided with thediscoveryofpenicillin.
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This was prior to thediscoveryofpenicillinas a safe and effective treatment for syphilis.
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With thediscoveryofpenicillin, modern marketing techniques and brand promotion, the drug manufacturing industry came of age.
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Since thediscoveryofpenicillinin 1928, antibiotics have been used to fight bacterial diseases.
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Thediscoveryofpenicillinand its subsequent widespread use has significantly reduced the mortality of this once feared disease.
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His work on molds was a precursor to the formaldiscoveryofpenicillin.
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