antibiotic
Meaning of antibiotic
- a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
course of antibiotics
an injection of antibiotic
- relating to antibiotics.
a prolonged course of antibiotic therapy
mid 19th century (in the sense ‘doubting the possibility of life in a particular environment’): from anti- + Greek biōtikos ‘fit for life’ (from bios ‘life’).
Information about antibiotic
- The plural form of antibiotic is: antibiotics.
- Languages in which antibiotic is used:
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Hyphenation of antibiotic
an-tibi-otic
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- antibiotic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
antibiotic synonyms
Meaning antibacterial:
Translation of antibiotic
- French: antibiotique
- Italian: antibiotico
- German: Antibiotikum
- Portuguese: antibiótico
- Spanish: antibiótico
Words that rhyme with antibiotic
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