n :  a crystalline antibiotic unsaturated keto acid C₈H₁₀O₄ or the tautomeric hydroxy lactone produced by several molds of the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pen·i·cil·lo·ic acid 
 
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