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 Definitions of antibiotic  [ˌæn tɪ baɪˈɒt ɪk, -bi-, ˌæn ti-, -taɪ-]  

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Definition of 'antibiotic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) antibiotic
any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin and streptomycin, that are produced by various microorganisms and fungi, have the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, and are used in the treatment of infectious diseases.

2. (adj.) antibiotic
of or involving antibiotics.

Etymology:  (1895–1900)

Definition of 'antibiotic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) antibiotic, antibiotic drug
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. (adj) antibiotic
of or relating to antibiotic drugs


Definition of 'antibiotic' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) antibiotic
a medication that cures infections
powerful antibiotics


Translation of 'antibiotic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a medicine which is used to kill the bacteria that cause disease.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: antibioties Arabic flag Arabic: مُضاد لِلجَراثيم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: антибиотик
Brazilian flag Brazilian: antibiótico Czech flag Czech: antibiotikum German flag German: das Antibiotikum
Danish flag Danish: antibiotika Greek flag Greek: αντιβιοτικό Spanish flag Spanish: antibiótico
Estonian flag Estonian: antibiootikum Farsi flag Farsi: آنتی بیوتیک Finnish flag Finnish: antibiootti
French flag French: antibiotique Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַנְטִיבִּיוֹטִיקָה Hindi flag Hindi: प्रतिजीवाणु
Croatian flag Croatian: antibiotik Hungarian flag Hungarian: antibiotikum Indonesian flag Indonesian: pembunuh bakteri, antibio
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fúkalyf Italian flag Italian: antibiotico Japanese flag Japanese: 抗生物質
Korean flag Korean: 항생 물질 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: antibiotikas Latvian flag Latvian: antibiotika
Malay flag Malay: antibiotik Dutch flag Dutch: antibioticum Norwegian flag Norwegian: antibiotikum
Polish flag Polish: anybiotyk Persian flag Persian: آنتی بیوتیک Pashto flag Pashto: انتی بیوتیک
Portuguese flag Portuguese: antibiótico Romanian flag Romanian: antibiotic Russian flag Russian: антибиотик
Slovak flag Slovak: antibiotikum Slovenian flag Slovenian: antibiotik Serbian flag Serbian: antibiotik
Swedish flag Swedish: antibiotika Thai flag Thai: ยาปฏิชีวนะ Turkish flag Turkish: antibiyotik, mikropkıran
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 抗生素 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: антибіотик Urdu flag Urdu: جراثیم یا بیکٹیریا کو مار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuốc kháng sinh Chinese flag Chinese: 抗生素

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