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Definition of Antibiotics
1. antibiotic [n] - See also: antibiotic
Medical Definition of Antibiotics
1. Drugs that fight infections. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antibiotics
Literary usage of Antibiotics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Impacts Of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"THE OF IN HOSPITALS 1 Use of In large surgical hospitals, half of ail antibiotics
are used to prevent possible infections (prophylaxis) (Kernodle and Kaiser ..."
2. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council, Bls, National Academies Press (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2006)
"Such probiotic therapies could extend the lifespan of traditional broad-spectrum
antibiotics because their use in the healthy community essentially converts ..."
3. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Frederic Solomon (1986)
"In each category of injury—radiation, blast, burn—antibiotics are the most crucial
... In general, the antibiotics essential for these casualties would be ..."