Meaning of ANTIBIOTIC

Pronunciation:			`antibI'âtik
Matching Terms:			antibiotic assay, antibiotic drug, Antibiotic resistance, antibiotic resistance genes
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		chemical substances, produced by living organisms or synthesized (created) in laboratories, for the purpose of killing other organisms that cause disease.
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	Related Terms:		acaricide, actinomycin, alexipharmic, amphotericin, antacid, anthelmintic, antidotal, antimicrobial, antipyretic, antiseptic, antitoxic, bacitracin, bacteriostatic, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, carbomycin, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, Chloromycetin, chlortetracycline, cloxacillin, contact poison, defoliant, dihydrostreptomycin, disinfectant, eradicant, erythromycin, febrifugal, fradicin, fumigant, fungicide, germicide, gramicidin, griseofulvin, herbicide, insect powder, insecticide, methicillin, microbicide, miticide, mitomycin, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, penicillin, pesticide, poison, rat poison, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, stomach poison, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, sulfa, systemic, systemic insecticide, Terramycin, tetracycline, toxic, toxicant, toxin, tylocin, tyrothricin, vancomycin, venin, venom, vermicide, viomycin, virus, weed killer