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antibiotic
1.
[ adjective ]
of or relating to antibiotic drugs
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2.
[ noun ]
(medicine,pharmacology) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections
Synonyms:
wonder_drug
antibiotic_drug
Examples:
"when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"
Related terms:
medicine
antibacterial
chlortetracycline
oxytetracycline
antimycin
cephalosporin
carbomycin
cephaloridine
chloramphenicol
antineoplastic_antibiotic
amphotericin
mycomycin
neomycin
chloroquine
cephaloglycin
dihydrostreptomycin
doxorubicin
doxycycline
erythromycin
gentamicin
gramicidin
lincomycin
ciprofloxacin
cycloserine
bacitracin
novobiocin
nystatin
aztreonam
kanamycin
penicillin
polymyxin
pyocyanase
pyocyanin
mitomycin
spectinomycin
primaxin
streptomycin
streptothricin
subtilin
tetracycline
tyrocidine
tyrothricin
vancomycin
viomycin
nebcin
actinomycin
Similar spelling:
antiparticle
antiproton
antibiosis
antipyretic
antipode
Antivert
antiprotozoal
antipodes
antipodal
antipruritic
antipollution
antipodean
antipathetic
antiblack