Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections;
- Example: "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"[syn: antibiotic, antibiotic drug]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
antibiotic drug
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]