Associations to the word «Antibiotic»

Wiktionary

ANTIBIOTIC, noun. (pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms.
ANTIBIOTIC, adjective. (pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.
ANTIBIOTIC, adjective. (obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.

Dictionary definition

ANTIBIOTIC, 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".
ANTIBIOTIC, adjective. Of or relating to antibiotic drugs.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King