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Antibiotic   /ˌæntibiˈɑtɪk/  /ˌæntaɪbaɪˈɑtɪk/   Listen
noun
antibiotic  n.  
1.
A chemical substance derived from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections.
Synonyms: wonder drug
2.
Any chemical substance having therapeutically useful antibacterial or antifungal activity; used commonly but loosely for synthetic as well as natural antimicrobial agents.


adjective
antibiotic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to an antibiotic.
2.
Having antimicrobial activity; capable of killing microbes.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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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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