English noun: antibiotic |
| 1. | antibiotic (artifact) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections |
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| Samples | When antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs.
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| Synonyms | antibiotic drug |
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| Broader (hypernym) | antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | actinomycin, amphotericin, antimycin, antineoplastic antibiotic, Aureomycin, Azactam, aztreonam, bacitracin, carbomycin, cephaloglycin, cephaloridine, cephalosporin, chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin, chlortetracycline, Cipro, ciprofloxacin, cycloserine, dihydrostreptomycin, doxorubicin, doxycycline, E-Mycin, Erythrocin, erythromycin, Ethril, fradicin, Garamycin, gentamicin, gramicidin, hydroxytetracycline, Ilosone, Kafocin, kanamycin, Kantrex, Lincocin, lincomycin, Mefoxin, mitomycin, Mutamycin, mycomycin, Mycostatin, Nebcin, Neobiotic, neomycin, novobiocin, Nystan, nystatin, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Pediamycin, penicillin, polymyxin, Primaxin, pyocyanase, pyocyanin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Terramycin, tobramycin, tyrocidin, tyrocidine, tyrothricin, Vancocin, vancomycin, Vibramycin, Viocin, viomycin |
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