antibiotic

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Etymology

From French antibiotique, coined in 1889 by P. Vuillemin from anti- and biotique, from Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “concerning or relating to life”) (from βίος (bíos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”)), perhaps influenced by ἀντίϐιος (antíbios, “opposed”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, /ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Noun

antibiotic (plural antibiotics)

1. (pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:antibiotic

Translations

substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria

Arabic: مضاد حيوي (ar) (muDaadd Hayawiy) m. Armenian: հակաբիոտիկ (hy) (hakabiotik) Bulgarian: антибиотик (bg) (antibiótik) m. Catalan: antibiòtic (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 抗生素 (cmn) (kàngshēngsù) Croatian: antibiotik (hr) m. Czech: antibiotikum (cs) n. Dutch: antibioticum (nl) n. Finnish: antibiootti (fi) French: antibiotique (fr) m. German: Antibiotikum (de) n. Greek: αντιβιοτικό (el) (antiviotikó) m. Hebrew: אנטיביוטיקה (he)

Hindi: एंटीबायोटिक (hi) (ēṇṭībāyōṭik) Italian: antibiotico (it) m. Japanese: 抗生物質 (ja) (kōseibusshitsu) Korean: 항생물질 (ko) (hangsaengmuljil) Norwegian: antibiotikum (no) n. Persian: آنتی‌بیوتیک (fa) Portuguese: antibiótico (pt) Russian: антибиотик (ru) (antibiótik) m. Spanish: antibiótico (es) m. Thai: ยาปฏิชีวนะ (th) (yaa bpà-dtì-chee-wá-ná) Turkish: antibiyotik (tr) Ukrainian: антибіотик (uk) (antybiótyk) m. Vietnamese: kháng sinh (vi), trụ sinh (vi)

Adjective

antibiotic (comparative more antibiotic, superlative most antibiotic)

1. (pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.

Translations

of or relating to antibiotics

Catalan: antibiòtic (ca) Czech: antibiotický (cs) m. Finnish: antibioottinen (fi) French: antibiotique (fr) German: antibiotisch (de)

Italian: antibiotico (it) m. Norwegian: antibiotisk (no) Russian: антибиотический (ru) Spanish: antibiótico (es)

See also

• antibacterial
• antiseptic