antibiotic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
antibiotic/antibʌɪˈɒtɪk/
▶noun a medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
'antibiotic' also found in these Oxford entries:
bleomycin
- chloramphenicol
- daunorubicin
- doxorubicin
- doxycycline
- erythromycin
- fluoroquinolone
- gentamicin
- griseofulvin
- -mycin
- neomycin
- nystatin
- oxytetracycline
- penicillin
- pentamidine
- quinolone
- rifampicin
- streptomycin
- trimethoprim
- vancomycin
