antibiotic
/ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk//ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/
antibiotic noun: any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.
Noun
antibiotic (plural antibiotics)
- Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.
- On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and overuses antibiotics in ways that harm us all.2009 August 22, Nicholas Kristof, “Food for the Soul”, in The New York Times
- We selected colistimethate sodium (CMS) as our antibiotic of choice.2015 November 7, “Lung Microbiota Changes Associated with Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection and the Impact of Intravenous Colistimethate Sodium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Adjective
antibiotic (comparative more antibiotic, superlative most antibiotic)
- Of or relating to antibiotics.
- Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.
antibiotic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
antibiotic in Hindi
- substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria
- प्रतिजैविक pratijaivik
antibiotic in Tamil
- நோய்க் கிருமி கட்டுப்படுத்தி, எதிர்உயிர்மி, உயிர் எதிரி
antibiotic in Marathi
- substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria
- प्रतिजैविक pratijaivik
antibiotic in Urdu
- جراثیم کُش, جراثیم مارنے والی دوا, ضَدِ حَیاتِیَہ, ضَدِ نامِیَہ, ضَدِ حیوی, ضَدِ نامِیات
More languagesFewer languages
- antibiotic in Telugu
- యాంటీబయాటిక్
- antibiotic in Malayalam
- ആന്റിബയോട്ടിക് ānṟibayōṭṭikŭ, പ്രതിജൈവികം pratijaivikaṁ
- antibiotic in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಜೀವಿಕ, ಪ್ರತಿಜೀವಾಣು, ಜೀವವಿರೋಧಕ, ಜೀವಿನಾಶಕ
- antibiotic in Gujarati
- એન્ટિબાયોટિક, એન્ટીબાયોટિક
- antibiotic in Sinhala
- ප්රතිජීවක pratijīwaka
- antibiotic in Tagalog
- labanhayanin, antibiyotiko, labanhanayin
- antibiotic in Arabic
- مُضَادّ حَيَوِيّ muḍādd ḥayawiyy
- antibiotic in Malay
- antibiotik
- antibiotic in Indonesian
- antibiotik
- antibiotic in Persian
- آنتیبیوتیک ânti-biyotik, پادزیست pâd-zist
- antibiotic in Thai
- ยาปฏิชีวนะ yaa-bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná, ปฏิชีวนะ bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná
- antibiotic in Vietnamese
- kháng sinh, trụ sinh
- antibiotic in Myanmar
- ပဋိဇီဝဆေး pa.ti.jiwa.hce:
Examples of antibiotic in a sentence
- Ototopical antibiotics can fight some ear infections better than systemic antibiotics can.
- The patient should be on broad spectrum antibiotics in antimeningitic doses.
- Oral antibiotics alone won't clear the infection.
Forms of antibiotic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | antibiotics |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more antibiotic |
| superlative | most antibiotic |
Origin of antibiotic
Borrowed from French antibiotique; by surface analysis, anti- + -biotic.
Words formed from antibiotic
Words that rhyme with antibiotic
- exotic
- chaotic
- hypnotic
- sclerotic
- homoerotic
- neurotic
- quixotic
- asymptotic
- biotic
- despotic
- dicrotic
- ekpyrotic
31 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- heterotic
- idiotic
- narcotic
- Nilotic
- probiotic
- semiotic
- symbiotic
- amniotic
- anadiplotic
- aponeurotic
- aquatic
- aryepiglottic
- autoerotic
- epiglottic
- erotic
- extraglottic
- glottic
- homeotic
- infraglottic
- intraglottic
- miotic
- osmotic
- paraglottic
- periglottic
- polyglottic
- psittacotic
- subglottic
- supraglottic
- thyroepiglottic
- transglottic
- unhypnotic
Questions about antibiotic
- What does antibiotic mean?
- Antibiotic means any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.
- What is antibiotic in Hindi?
- Antibiotic in Hindi is प्रतिजैविक (pratijaivik). See Antibiotic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is antibiotic?
- Antibiotic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce antibiotic?
- Antibiotic is pronounced /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of antibiotic?
- The plural of antibiotic is antibiotics.
Words near antibiotic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antibiotic (page history and authors); antibiotic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antibiotic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antibiotic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ആന്റിബയോട്ടിക് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); antibiotic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antibiotic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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