n :  the penicillin C₁₆H₁₈N₂O₄S that constitutes the principal or sole component of most commercial preparations and is used chiefly in the form of its stable salts (as the crystalline sodium salt or the crystalline procaine salt) - called also benzylpenicillin  - see PROCAINE PENICILLIN G  .
 
 
 
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