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antibiotic

/ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/noun, adjective5 syllables

Antibiotic means: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections.

Synonyms for antibiotic1

noun, as in a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections

antibiotic drug

What does antibiotic mean?2

noun

1

a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections“when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs”

adjective

1

of or relating to antibiotic drugs

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with antibiotic?12

three syllables

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four syllables

patrioticidiotic
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Antibiotic in a sentence

  • In some cases, you can't go without an antibiotic.rul
  • Keep taking this antibiotic until it is gone.unknown
  • Fecal transplant is an effective treatment for antibiotic-associated diarrhoea.merlin
  • This bacteria is resistant to every available antibiotic.Hybrid
  • Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a serious public health problem.mailohilohi
  • We've got eyedrops and an oral antibiotic to give them.shekitten
  • Gentamicin is an antibiotic that is typically not used to treat sexually transmitted infections.Nylez
  • The bacteria has started to develop a resistance to the antibiotic.Amastan

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Forms of antibiotic

as a noun

plural
antibiotics