See Also: penicillamine(medicine)
penicillamine(dictionary)

penicillamine (iou)



penicillamine noun. M20.
[from PENICILLIN + AMINE.]
Chemistry & Pharmacology. An amino acid, (CH3)2C(SH)CH(NH2)COOH, produced by the hydrolysis of penicillins and used as a pharmacological chelating agent.