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antibiotype

antibiotype noun: a set of organisms that are resistant to a particular antibiotic.

Noun

antibiotype (plural antibiotypes)

  1. A set of organisms that are resistant to a particular antibiotic.

Verb

antibiotype (third-person singular simple present antibiotypes, present participle antibiotyping, simple past and past participle antibiotyped)

  1. To assign an organism to a particular antibiotype.

Forms of antibiotype

Noun
pluralantibiotypes
Verb
third-person singular presentantibiotypes
present participleantibiotyping
past participleantibiotyped
pastantibiotyped

Origin of antibiotype

From anti- + bio- + -type.

Questions about antibiotype

What does antibiotype mean?
Antibiotype means a set of organisms that are resistant to a particular antibiotic.
What part of speech is antibiotype?
Antibiotype can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of antibiotype?
The plural of antibiotype is antibiotypes.

Words near antibiotype in the dictionary

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

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