Correct spellings for PENICILLIAN
- penicillin After antibiotics were discovered, penicillin became the main treatment for infections.
"Penicillin" is the correct spelling for the commonly misspelled term "penicillian". One way to remember the correct spelling is to associate it with the discovery made by Sir Alexander Fleming. Another suggestion is to break down the word into syllables: "pen-i-cil-lin". Practice and exposure to the correct spelling can help avoid future misspellings.
