antibiotic : Idioms & Phrases


antibiotic drug

  • noun a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
    antibiotic.
    • when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs
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antineoplastic antibiotic

  • noun an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy
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penicillinase-resistant antibiotic

  • noun a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase
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