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Definitions of antibiotics in various dictionaries:
noun - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
ANTIBIOTICS - An antibiotic (from ancient Greek αντιβιοτικά, antibiotiká), also called an antibacterial, is a type of antimicrobial drug used in the tr...
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| Is it bacon? It could be a course to improve one's health |
| Medicines destroying micro-organisms |
| Bit (it's a coin) exchanged for drugs |
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| Jan 4 2014 The Times - Cryptic |
| Nov 2 2005 The Times - Cryptic |
| Dec 26 2003 The Times - Concise |
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| Amoxicillin & ampicillin are types of these |
| This is scary-- "almost every type of bacteria has become stronger & less responsive to" treatment with these drugs |
| If detected in time, plague is treatable with these drugs like streptomycin |
| In 1943 Selman Waksman discovered streptomycin, a drug classified under this term he coined in 1941 |
| From the Greek for "against life", these substances kill or inhibit the growth of infectious organisms |
| From words meaning "against life", this class of drugs often derived from fungi is used against bacteria |
| Penicillin, the first of these drugs, comes from a fungus |
| Milk is tested for these, such as penicillin, which may have been used to treat cows that fell ill |
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| Plural form of antibiotic. |
| a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms. |
| A medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms. |
| Relating to antibiotics. |
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An antibiotic (from ancient Greek αντιβιοτικά, antibiotiká), also called an antibacterial, is a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. They may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria. A limited number of antibiotics also possess antiprotozoal activity. Antibiotics are not effective against viruses such as the common cold or influenza; drugs which inhibit viruses are termed antiviral drugs or antivirals rather than antibiotics. * Sometimes the term antibiotic (which means "opposing life") is used to refer to any substance used against microbes. However, the difference between antibiotics (ie, penicillin) and antimicrobials (ie, sulfonamide) is that the former is produced naturally, while the latter is synthetic (although both maintain the same goal of killing or preventing the growth of microorganisms). Some sources distinguish between antibacterial and antibiotic; antibacterials are used in soaps and disinfectants, while antibiotics are used as medicine.Antibiotics revolutionized medicine in the 20th century. However, their effectiveness and easy access have also led to their overuse, prompting bacteria to develop resistance. This has led to widespread problems, so much as to prompt the World Health Organization to classify antimicrobial resistance as a "serious threat [that] is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country". |