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noun

antibiotic n.

A chemical substance derived from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections.

Synonyms: wonder drug

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

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Etymology of 'Antibiotic'

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 rate in ...

— 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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