antibiotic_drug
1. [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections
Synonyms: wonder_drug antibiotic
Examples:

"when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"

Related terms: medicine antibacterial chlortetracycline oxytetracycline antimycin cephalosporin carbomycin cephaloridine chloramphenicol antineoplastic_antibiotic amphotericin mycomycin neomycin chloroquine cephaloglycin dihydrostreptomycin doxorubicin doxycycline erythromycin gentamicin gramicidin lincomycin ciprofloxacin cycloserine bacitracin novobiocin nystatin aztreonam kanamycin penicillin polymyxin pyocyanase pyocyanin mitomycin spectinomycin primaxin streptomycin streptothricin subtilin tetracycline tyrocidine tyrothricin vancomycin viomycin nebcin actinomycin
Similar spelling:   antipsychotic_drug
  antiepileptic_drug
  antiprotozoal_drug
  antiviral_drug
  antibacterial_drug
  antiparticle