antibiotic
/æntibaɪˈɑtɪk/
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Definitions
Adjective
of or relating to antibiotic drugs
Noun
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"
More Specific Terms
actinomycin
amphotericin
antimycin
antineoplastic antibiotic
Aureomycin
Azactam
aztreonam
bacitracin
carbomycin
cephaloglycin
cephaloridine
cephalosporin
chloramphenicol
Chloromycetin
chlortetracycline
Cipro
ciprofloxacin
cycloserine
dihydrostreptomycin
doxorubicin
doxycycline
E-Mycin
Erythrocin
erythromycin
Ethril
fradicin
Garamycin
gentamicin
gramicidin
hydroxytetracycline
Ilosone
Kafocin
kanamycin
Kantrex
Lincocin
lincomycin
Mefoxin
mitomycin
Mutamycin
mycomycin
Mycostatin
Nebcin
Neobiotic
neomycin
novobiocin
Nystan
nystatin
oxytetracycline
oxytetracycline hydrochloride
Pediamycin
penicillin
polymyxin
Primaxin
pyocyanase
pyocyanin
spectinomycin
streptomycin
streptothricin
subtilin
Terramycin
tobramycin
tyrocidin
tyrocidine
tyrothricin
Vancocin
vancomycin
Vibramycin
Viocin
viomycin