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Slitherin' Centipede(recipes)

amoxycillin (iou) and centipede (iou)


amoxycillin (iou)



amoxycillin noun. L20.
[from AM(INO- + OXY- + PENI)CILLIN, elems. of the chemical name.]
Pharmacology. A broad-spectrum synthetic penicillin, closely related to ampicillin and with similar properties but better absorbed when taken orally.

centipede (iou)



centipede noun. Also centipee. M17.
[French centipede or Latin centipeda, formed as CENTI- + ped-, pes foot.]
Any of numerous predatory terrestrial arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda, having an elongated body with many segments most of which bear a pair of legs.