antibiotic
1. [ adjective ] of or relating to antibiotic drugs
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