(antibiotic)
41antibiotic — I. adjective Date: 1894 1. tending to prevent, inhibit, or destroy life 2. of or relating to antibiotics or to antibiosis • antibiotically adverb II. noun Date: 1943 a substance produced by or a semisynthetic substance derived from a… …
42antibiotic — (an tī bi ot ik) A microbial product or its derivative that kills susceptible microorganisms or inhibits their growth …
43antibiotic — Substance produced by one microorganism that selectively inhibits the growth of another. Many wholly synthetic antibiotics have been produced …
44antibiotic — 1. noun /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk,ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk,ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk,ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms. 2. adjective /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk,ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk,ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk,ˌæn.tə …
45antibiotic — Synonyms and related words: Chloromycetin, Terramycin, acaricide, actinomycin, alexipharmic, amphotericin, antacid, anthelmintic, antidotal, antimicrobial, antipyretic, antiseptic, antitoxic, bacitracin, bacteriostatic, bug bomb, carbamate… …
46antibiòtic — an|ti|bi|ò|tic Mot Pla Nom masculí …
47antibiótic — adj. m., pl. antibiótici; f. sg. antibióticã, pl. antibiótice …
48antibiotic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. miracle or wonder drug, sulfa drug, antibacterial. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. antimicrobial, antitoxin, wonder drug, miracle drug, bacteriostat; see also medicine 2 . Common antibiotics… …
49antibiotic — an|ti|bi|ot|ic [ˌæntıbaıˈɔtık US ˈa: ] n [C usually plural] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: anti + biotic of life (19 21 centuries) (from Latin bioticus, from Greek, from bios life )] a drug that is used to kill ↑bacteria and cure infections …
50antibiotic — an|ti|bi|ot|ic [ ,æntibaı atık, ,æntaıbaı atık ] noun count a drug that cures illnesses and infections caused by bacteria. Doctors often give people a course of antibiotics, when they have to take a fixed number of pills each day for several days …
