Canadian English Meaning of antibiotics

antibiotics

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Definitions and Meaning of antibiotics in English

antibiotics

a substance able to inhibit or kill microorganisms, an antibacterial substance (such as penicillin, cephalosporin, and ciprofloxacin) that is used to treat or prevent infections by killing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria in or on the body, that is administered orally, topically, or by injection, and that is isolated from cultures of certain microorganisms (such as fungi) or is of semi-synthetic or synthetic origin, of or relating to antibiotics or to antibiosis, tending to prevent, inhibit, or destroy life, a substance produced by an organism (as a fungus or bacterium) that in dilute solution inhibits or kills a harmful microscopic plant or animal and especially one that causes disease

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antibiotics

a substance able to inhibit or kill microorganisms, an antibacterial substance (such as penicillin, cephalosporin, and ciprofloxacin) that is used to treat or p

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