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)

• Czech: antibiotikum (cs) n
• Dutch: antibioticum (nl) n
• Finnish: antibiootti (fi)
• French: antibiotique (fr) m
• Georgian: ანტიბიოტიკი (ka) (antibiotiki)
• German: Antibiotikum (de) n
• Greek: αντιβιοτικό (el) (antiviotikó) m
• Hebrew: אנטיביוטיקה (he)
• Hindi: प्रतिजैविक (hi) (pratijaivik)
• Hungarian: antibiotikum (hu)
• Ido: antibiotiko (io)

• Irish: antaibheathach (ga)
• Italian: antibiotico (it) m
• Japanese: 抗生物質 (ja) (kōseibusshitsu)
• Korean: 항생물질 (ko) (hangsaengmuljil)
• Macedonian: антибиотик (mk) (antibiótik) m
• Norwegian: antibiotikum (no) n
• Persian: آنتی‌بیوتیک (fa)
• Portuguese: antibiótico (pt)
• Russian: антибиотик (ru) (antibiótik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: antibiotik (sh) m
• Spanish: antibiótico (es) m
• Swedish: antibiotikum (sv) n
• Thai: ยาปฏิชีวนะ (th) (yaa bpà-dtì-chee-wá-ná)
• Turkish: antibiyotik (tr)
• Ukrainian: антибіотик (uk) (antybiótyk) m
• Vietnamese: kháng sinh (vi), trụ sinh (vi)
• Welsh: gwrthfiotig (cy) m

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)
• Georgian: ანტიბიოტიკური (ka) (antibiotikuri)
• German: antibiotisch (de)

• Italian: antibiotico (it) m
• Macedonian: антибиотски (mk) (antibiótski)
• Norwegian: antibiotisk (no)
• Russian: антибиотический (ru) (antibiotičeskij)
• Spanish: antibiótico (es)

See also

• antibacterial
• antiseptic