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/ˌæntibiˈɑtɪk/ /ˌæntaɪbaɪˈɑtɪk/ Listen

noun

antibiotic n.

A chemical substance derived from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections.

Synonyms: wonder drug

Any chemical substance having therapeutically useful antibacterial or antifungal activity; used commonly but loosely for synthetic as well as natural antimicrobial agents.

adjective

antibiotic adj.

Of or pertaining to an antibiotic.

Having antimicrobial activity; capable of killing microbes.

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Etymology of 'Antibiotic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Antibiotic" Quotes from Famous Books

... epidemics occurred in areas of Asia, Africa, and South America associated with rural areas or small towns and villages; manifests as fever, headache, and painfully swollen lymph nodes; disease progresses rapidly and without antibiotic treatment leads to pneumonic form with a death ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... things combined, yet we often can't identify one species from another similar one by their appearance. We can generally classify bacteria by shape: round ones, rod-shaped ones, spiral ones, etc. We differentiate them by which antibiotic kills them and by which variety of artificial material they prefer to grow on. Pathogens are recognized by their prey. Still, most microbial activities remain a great ...

— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon

... doctors are being organized and jetted over. The best bacteriologists the nation has at its command. Every antibiotic ...

— Prologue to an Analogue • Leigh Richmond

... Martian medicine and finding that his Earth courses were mostly useless. No wonder the villagers distrusted Lobby doctors. Doc had his own little laboratory where he had managed to start making Mars-normal penicillin—a primitive antibiotic, but ...

— Badge of Infamy • Lester del Rey

... possible; recent plague epidemics occurred in areas of Asia, Africa, and South America associated with rural areas or small towns and villages; manifests as fever, headache, and painfully swollen lymph nodes; disease progresses rapidly and without antibiotic treatment leads to pneumonic form with a death rate ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.