penicillin unit
Pharmacology
noun
A unit of dosage or quantity of penicillin; specifically an amount having the same antibiotic activity as a standard preparation of the sodium salt of benzylpenicillin (penicillin G).
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of Bacteriology.
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