antibiotic, n.
(antibiotics)
(antibiotics)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
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antibiotic antibiotic drug
sample sentences
"when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"
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derivationally related form
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hyponym
actinomycin
amphotericin
antimycin
antineoplastic antibiotic
aztreonam, Azactam
bacitracin
carbomycin
cephaloglycin, Kafocin
cephaloridine
cephalosporin, Mefoxin
chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin
chlortetracycline, Aureomycin
ciprofloxacin, Cipro
cycloserine
dihydrostreptomycin
doxorubicin
doxycycline, Vibramycin
erythromycin, Erythrocin, E-Mycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin
gentamicin, Garamycin
gramicidin
kanamycin, Kantrex
lincomycin, Lincocin
mitomycin, Mutamycin
mycomycin
neomycin, fradicin, Neobiotic
novobiocin
nystatin, Mycostatin, Nystan
oxytetracycline, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin
penicillin
polymyxin
Primaxin
pyocyanase
pyocyanin
spectinomycin
streptomycin
streptothricin
subtilin
tobramycin, Nebcin
tyrocidine, tyrocidin
tyrothricin
vancomycin, Vancocin
viomycin, Viocin
hypernym