English > antibiotic: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections. |
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| Example | "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs" |
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| Synonym | antibiotic drug |
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| Narrower | Primaxin | trade name for a parenteral antibiotic |
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| actinomycin | Any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria |
| amphotericin | An antibiotic and antifungal agent |
| antimycin | A crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi |
| antineoplastic antibiotic | An antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy |
| aztreonam, Azactam | An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections |
| bacitracin | A polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms |
| carbomycin | A colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms |
| cephaloglycin, Kafocin | antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use |
| cephaloridine | A broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin |
| cephalosporin, Mefoxin | One of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin) |
| chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin | An oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) |
| chlortetracycline, Aureomycin | A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases |
| ciprofloxacin, Cipro | An oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints |
| cycloserine | An antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus |
| dihydrostreptomycin | antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin |
| doxorubicin | An antibiotic used as an anticancer drug |
| doxycycline, Vibramycin | An antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections |
| erythromycin, Erythrocin, E-Mycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin | An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus |
| gentamicin, Garamycin | An antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete |
| gramicidin | An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium |
| kanamycin, Kantrex | antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections |
| lincomycin, Lincocin | antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections |
| mitomycin, Mutamycin | A complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium |
| mycomycin | A highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete |
| neomycin, fradicin, Neobiotic | An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery |
| novobiocin | An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria |
| nystatin, Mycostatin, Nystan | An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State |
| oxytetracycline, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin | A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete |
| penicillin | Any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases |
| polymyxin | Any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium |
| pyocyanase | A yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus |
| pyocyanin | A toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus |
| spectinomycin | An antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea |
| streptomycin | An antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis |
| streptothricin | A basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete |
| subtilin | A polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium |
| tobramycin, Nebcin | An antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria |
| tyrocidine, tyrocidin | A basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium |
| tyrothricin | A mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria |
| vancomycin, Vancocin | An antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections |
| viomycin, Viocin | A basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis |
| Broader | antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide | Any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth |
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| Spanish | antibiótico, droga antibiótica, medicamento antibiótico |
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| Catalan | antibiòtic |
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| Adjectives | antibiotic | of or relating to antibiotic drugs |
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