penicillus /pen·i·cil·lus/ (pen″ĭ-sil´us) pl. penicil´li [L.] a brushlike structure, particularly any of the brushlike groups of arterial branches in the lobules of the spleen.
penicillus [pen″ĭ-sil´us] (L.)
pen·i·cil·lus (p n  -sl  s)n. pl. pe·ni·cil·li (-s l ) 1. Any of the tufts formed by the repeated subdivision of the minute arterial twigs in the spleen. 2. Any of the complex systems of branches bearing organs that produce conida organs in fungi of the Penicillium. |
penicillus [pen″ĭ-sil´us] (L.)
any of the brushlike groups of arterial branches in the lobules of the spleen.
penicillus
pl. penicilli [L.] any of the brushlike groups of arterial branches in the lobules of the spleen.
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