antibiotic
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1. a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | actinomycin, |
| definition | : | any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | amphotericin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic and antifungal agent (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | antimycin, |
| definition | : | a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | azactam, aztreonam, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bacitracin, |
| definition | : | a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | carbomycin, |
| definition | : | a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cephaloglycin, kafocin, |
| definition | : | antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cephaloridine, |
| definition | : | a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cephalosporin, mefoxin, |
| definition | : | one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | chloramphenicol, chloromycetin, |
| definition | : | an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | aureomycin, chlortetracycline, |
| definition | : | a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cipro, ciprofloxacin, |
| definition | : | an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cycloserine, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dihydrostreptomycin, |
| definition | : | antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | doxorubicin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | doxycycline, vibramycin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | e-mycin, erythrocin, erythromycin, ethril, ilosone, pediamycin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | garamycin, gentamicin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | gramicidin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | kanamycin, kantrex, |
| definition | : | antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | lincocin, lincomycin, |
| definition | : | antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mitomycin, mutamycin, |
| definition | : | a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mycomycin, |
| definition | : | a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | fradicin, neobiotic, neomycin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | novobiocin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mycostatin, nystan, nystatin, |
| definition | : | an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | penicillin, |
| definition | : | any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | polymyxin, |
| definition | : | any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | primaxin, |
| definition | : | trade name for a parenteral antibiotic (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pyocyanase, |
| definition | : | a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pyocyanin, |
| definition | : | a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | spectinomycin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | streptomycin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | streptothricin, |
| definition | : | a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | subtilin, |
| definition | : | a polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | nebcin, tobramycin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | tyrocidin, tyrocidine, |
| definition | : | a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | tyrothricin, |
| definition | : | a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | vancocin, vancomycin, |
| definition | : | an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | viocin, viomycin, |
| definition | : | a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | antibiotic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to antibiotic drugs (adj.pert) |
2. of or relating to antibiotic drugs (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | antibiotic, antibiotic drug, |
| definition | : | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | antibiotic, antibiotic drug, |
| definition | : | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
3. a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | antibiotic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to antibiotic drugs (adj.pert) |
4. of or relating to antibiotic drugs (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | antibiotic, antibiotic drug, |
| definition | : | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | antibiotic, antibiotic drug, |
| definition | : | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
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