Definition of Antibiotic

1. 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"


2. Adjective. Of or relating to antibiotic drugs.

Definition of Antibiotic

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Medical Definition of Antibiotic

1. A chemical substance produced by a microorganism which has the capacity, in dilute solutions, to inhibit the growth of or to kill other microorganisms. Antibiotics that are sufficiently nontoxic to the host are used as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious diseases of man, animals and plants. Origin: Gr. Bios = life (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antibiotic

antiballistic missile
antibaryon
antibechic
antiberiberi factor
antiberiberi factor
antiberiberi vitamin
antibias
antibillboard
antibiogram
antibiont
antibioses
antibiosis
antibiosis
antibiotherapy
antibiotic (current term)
antibiotic (current term)
antibiotic-resistant
antibiotically
antibiotics
antibiotics
antibiotic assay
antibiotic drug
antibiotic enterocolitis
antibiotic eye drops
antibiotic induced enteritis
antibiotic induced gastroenteritis
antibiotic ointment
antibiotic prophylaxis
antibiotic resistance
antibiotic resistance gene

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