an·ti·bi·ot·ic ( n t -b - t k, nt-)n. A substance, such as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by or derived from certain fungi, bacteria, and other organisms, that can destroy or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. Antibiotics are widely used in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. adj. 1. Of or relating to antibiotics. 2. Of or relating to antibiosis. 3. Destroying life or preventing the inception or continuance of life. an ti·bi·oti·cal·ly adv. |
antibiotic
Noun
a chemical substance capable of destroying bacteria
Adjective
of or relating to antibiotics
| antibiotic (nt-b-tk) Noun A substance, such as penicillin, that is capable of destroying or weakening certain microorganisms, especially bacteria or fungi, that cause infections or infectious diseases. Antibiotics are usually produced by or synthesized from other microorganisms, such as molds. They inhibit pathogens by interfering with essential intracellular processes, including the synthesis of bacterial proteins. Antibiotics do not kill viruses and are not effective in treating viral infections. Adjective 1. Relating to antibiotics. 2. Relating to antibiosis. |
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| Noun | 1. |  antibiotic - 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"actinomycin - any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria amphotericin - an antibiotic and antifungal agent antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide - any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth antimycin - a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi antineoplastic antibiotic - an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy Azactam, aztreonam - an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects bacitracin - a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally carbomycin - a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms cephaloglycin, Kafocin - antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use cephaloridine - a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin cephalosporin, Mefoxin - one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) Aureomycin, chlortetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases Cipro, ciprofloxacin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints cycloserine - an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus dihydrostreptomycin - antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms doxorubicin - an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug doxycycline, Vibramycin - an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections; "Vibramycin is the trade name of doxycycline" E-Mycin, Erythrocin, erythromycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin - an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative Garamycin, gentamicin - an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract gramicidin - an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria Lincocin, lincomycin - antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections mitomycin, Mutamycin - a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug mycomycin - a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete fradicin, Neobiotic, neomycin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery novobiocin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin - an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections penicillin - any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases polymyxin - any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium Primaxin - trade name for a parenteral antibiotic pyocyanase - a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus |
| Adj. | 1. |  antibiotic - of or relating to antibiotic drugs |
Translations
n antibiotic [ˌӕntibaiˈotik]
a medicine which is used to kill the bacteria that cause disease. antibioties مُضاد لِلجَراثيم антибиотик antibiotikum antibiotika das Antibiotikum αντιβιοτικό antibiótico antibiootikum آنتی بیوتیک antibiootti antibiotique אַנְטִיבִּיוֹטִיקָה प्रतिजीवाणु antibiotik antibiotikum pembunuh bakteri, antibiotik fúkalyf antibiotico 抗生物質 항생 물질 antibiotikas antibiotika antibiotik antibioticum antibiotikum anybiotyk antibiótico antibiotic антибиотик antibiotikum antibiotik antibiotik antibiotika ยาปฏิชีวนะ antibiyotik, mikropkıran 抗生素 антибіотик جراثیم یا بیکٹیریا کو مارنے والی دوا thuốc kháng sinh 抗生素
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