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Antibiotic   /ˌæntibiˈɑtɪk/  /ˌæntaɪbaɪˈɑtɪk/   Listen
Antibiotic

noun
1.
A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections.  Synonym: antibiotic drug.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to antibiotic drugs.



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"Antibiotic" Quotes from Famous Books



... epidemics occurred in areas of Asia, Africa, and South America associated with rural areas or small towns and villages; manifests as fever, headache, and painfully swollen lymph nodes; disease progresses rapidly and without antibiotic treatment leads to pneumonic form with a death ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... doctors are being organized and jetted over. The best bacteriologists the nation has at its command. Every antibiotic ...
— Prologue to an Analogue • Leigh Richmond


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