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antibiotic

an·ti·bio·tic

UK/ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ US/ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ uncommon obsolete
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

of or relating to antibiotic drugs

noun

1.

a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections

  • “when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs”
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Borrowed from French antibiotique; by surface analysis, anti- + -biotic.

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