Search Result for "antibiotic_drug":
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]