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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
antibiotic
    adj 1: of or relating to antibiotic drugs
    n 1: 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" [syn: antibiotic, antibiotic drug]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
antibiotic \an`ti*bi*ot"ic\ n.
   1. A chemical substance derived from a mold or bacterium that
      kills microorganisms and cures infections.

   Syn: wonder drug
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. any chemical substance having therapeutically useful
      antibacterial or antifungal activity; -- used commonly but
      loosely for synthetic as well as natural antimicrobial
      agents.
      [PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
antibiotic \antibiotic\ adj.
   1. of or pertaining to an antibiotic.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. having antimicrobial activity; capable of killing
      microbes.
      [PJC] -- antibiotically, n.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for antibiotic:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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