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