antibiotic
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs
Types & categories
- antibacterial
- actinomycin
- amphotericin
- antimycin
- antineoplastic antibiotic
- aztreonam
- bacitracin
- carbomycin
- cephaloglycin
- cephaloridine
- cephalosporin
- chloramphenicol
- chlortetracycline
- ciprofloxacin
- cycloserine
- dihydrostreptomycin
- doxorubicin
- doxycycline
- erythromycin
- gentamicin
- gramicidin
- kanamycin
- lincomycin
- mitomycin
- mycomycin
- neomycin
- novobiocin
- nystatin
- oxytetracycline
- penicillin
- polymyxin
- Primaxin
- pyocyanase
- pyocyanin
- spectinomycin
- streptomycin
- streptothricin
- subtilin
- tobramycin
- tyrocidine
- tyrothricin
- vancomycin
- viomycin
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to antibiotic drugs
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antibiotic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | antibacterial |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | actinomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amphotericin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antimycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antineoplastic antibiotic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aztreonam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bacitracin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carbomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cephaloglycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cephaloridine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cephalosporin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chloramphenicol |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chlortetracycline |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ciprofloxacin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cycloserine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dihydrostreptomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doxorubicin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doxycycline |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | erythromycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gentamicin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gramicidin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kanamycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lincomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mitomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mycomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | novobiocin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nystatin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oxytetracycline |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | penicillin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polymyxin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Primaxin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyocyanase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyocyanin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spectinomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | streptomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | streptothricin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subtilin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tobramycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tyrocidine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tyrothricin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vancomycin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | viomycin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antibiotic |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | antibiotic |