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antibiotics

antibiotics is the plural of antibiotic.

Meaning of antibiotic

Noun

antibiotic (plural antibiotics)

  1. 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

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Phrases with antibiotics

Questions about antibiotics

What is antibiotics the plural of?
Antibiotics is the plural of antibiotic.

Words near antibiotics in the dictionary

  1. antibiotherapy
  2. antibiotic
  3. antibiotical
  4. antibiotically
  5. antibioticked
  6. antibiotics
  7. antibiotin
  8. antibiotype
  9. antibiotyped
  10. antibiotypes
  11. antibiotyping

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