Definitions for antibiotic
ˌæn tɪ baɪˈɒt ɪk, -bi-, ˌæn ti-, -taɪ-an·tibi·ot·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. antibiotic, antibiotic drugadjective

   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. antibioticadjective

   of or relating to antibiotic drugs

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1. antibioticnoun

   any chemical substance having therapeutically useful antibacterial or antifungal activity; -- used commonly but loosely for synthetic as well as natural antimicrobial agents.

2. antibioticadjective

   having antimicrobial activity; capable of killing microbes.

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1. antibioticnoun

   Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms.

2. antibioticadjective

   Of or relating to antibiotics.

3. Etymology: From antibiotique, coined in 1889 by P. Vuillemin from anti- and biotique, from βιωτικός (from βίος, from gʷeih₃w-), perhaps influenced by ἀντίϐιος

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1. antibiotic

   An antibiotic is a type of medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms, particularly bacteria. It is used to prevent and treat infections caused by bacteria by killing them or inhibiting their replication. Antibiotics are not effective against viruses.

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How to pronounce antibiotic?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of antibiotic in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of antibiotic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of antibiotic in a Sentence

1. Terry Fleck:

   Antibiotic resistance is a serious public health concern that should be addressed both in human and animal medicine, but just as with you or me, when animals get sick with a bacterial infection, treating them with No Antibiotics Ever is the ethical thing to do. Farmers work closely with veterinarians to responsibly administer antibiotics in the care for their animals, benefiting each of us by making food safer and more affordable.

2. Freya Harrison:

   What we found was very interesting -- we found that Bald's eyesalve is incredibly potent as an anti-Staphylococcal antibiotic in this context, we were going from a mature, established population of a few billion cells, all stuck together in this highly protected biofilm coat, to really just a few thousand cells left alive. This is a massive, massive killing ability.

3. Amesh Adalja:

   If antibiotic resistance continues to increase, all of the stuff that’s part of modern medicine and done routinely will become more dangerous.

4. Scott Roberts:

   When somebody does present with a drug-resistant bacteria or fungus and we really need to rely on one of these last-line antibiotics, it’s usually a challenge to treat from the outset. And so the patients really don’t do as well as a result, in rare circumstances, we run out of options entirely, and in that case, there’s really nothing we can do. Fortunately, those cases remain quite rare, but I am certain that with this growing antibiotic resistance problem, we’ll see these increasing frequency over time.

5. Ed Kriesel:

   He kept giving me antibiotic after antibiotic, thinking I had a virus.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antibiotic
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=antibiotic
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Antibiotic
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=antibiotic