Dictionary

antibiotic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˌɛən.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk] (US)
• [ˌɛən.ti.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk] (US)
• /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (US)
• [ˌɛən.tə.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk] (US)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ (UK)
• /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (US)
• /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French antibiotique; by surface analysis, anti- + -biotic.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to antibiotics.
2. (obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.

Forms

Hypernyms

antimicrobial

Relateds

antibiosis · abiogenetic · xenobiotic · antiseptic · abiotic · gnotobiotic · antibacterial

Translations (25)

pl antybiotykowy (of or relating to antibiotics) · ga frithbheathach (of or relating to antibiotics) · da antibiotisk (of or relating to antibiotics) · ru антибиоти́ческий (of or relating to antibiotics) · sk antibiotický (of or relating to antibiotics) · de antibiotisch (of or relating to antibiotics) · ia antibiotic (of or relating to antibiotics) · mk антибио́тички (of or relating to antibiotics) · cmn 抗菌素的 (of or relating to antibiotics) · cmn 抗生素的 (of or relating to antibiotics) · fr antibiotique (of or relating to antibiotics) · tl labanhanayin (of or relating to antibiotics) · it antibiotico (of or relating to antibiotics) · fi antibioottinen (of or relating to antibiotics) · eo antibiotika (of or relating to antibiotics) · ga antaibheathach (of or relating to antibiotics) · pt antibiótico (of or relating to antibiotics) · sv antibiotisk (of or relating to antibiotics) · ca antibiòtic (of or relating to antibiotics) · ka ანტიბიოტიკური (of or relating to antibiotics) · cs antibiotický (of or relating to antibiotics) · nl antibiotisch (of or relating to antibiotics) · no antibiotisk (of or relating to antibiotics) · es antibiótico (of or relating to antibiotics) · pl antybiotyczny (of or relating to antibiotics)

antibiotic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˌɛən.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk] (US)
• [ˌɛən.ti.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk] (US)
• /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (US)
• [ˌɛən.tə.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk] (US)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ (UK)
• /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (US)
• /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French antibiotique; by surface analysis, anti- + -biotic.

Meanings

1. Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.
   • On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and overuses antibiotics in ways that harm us all. 2009 August 22, Nicholas Kristof, “Food for the Soul”, in The New York Times:
   • We selected colistimethate sodium (CMS) as our antibiotic of choice. 2015 November 7, “Lung Microbiota Changes Associated with Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection and the Impact of Intravenous Colistimethate Sodium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Forms

Deriveds

enzybiotic · metalloantibiotic · postantibiotic · antibioticogram · antiboyotic · polyantibiotic · nanoantibiotic · antibioticked · nonantibiotic · multiantibiotic · sactibiotic · preantibiotic · broad-spectrum antibiotic · antibiotically

Descendants

antibiotiki · antibaiotik

Hypernyms

antimicrobial · pharmaceutical

Hyponyms

erythromycin · phytoalexin · polymyxin · moenomycin · penicillin

Relateds

tigecycline · methicillin · amoxicillin · ceftriaxone · minocycline · doxycycline · tetracycline · tyrocidine · vancomycin · metronidazole · ampicillin · azitromycin · cefuroxime

Synonyms

antibiotic

Translations (78)

cy gwrthfiotig (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · th ปฏิชีวนะ (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · fi antibiootti (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ka ანტიბიოტიკი (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ko 항생제 (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · vi trụ sinh (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · pl antybiotyk (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ms antibiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ga frithbheathach (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · uk антибіо́тик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · lt antibiotikas (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · it antibiotico (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · id antibiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · fa پادزیست (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · th ยาปฏิชีวนะ (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · eo antibiotiko (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ro antibiotic (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · tk antibiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sk antibiotikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · az antibiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ky антибиотик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · tg антибиотик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · pt antibiótico (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · da antibiotikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · uz antibiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · fa آنتیبیوتیک (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ga antaibheathach (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · no antibiotikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sw antibiotiki (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · cmn 抗生素 (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mi (rongoā) paturopi (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · hi प्रतिजैविक (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ja 抗生物質 (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mn ᠠᠨᠲ᠋ᠢᠪᠢᠣᠲ᠋ᠢᠺ (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · cs antibiotikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sh антибио̀тик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · hu baktericid (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sq antibiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · is sýklalyf (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · tpi antibaiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ar مُضَادّ حَيَوِيّ (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · tl labanhayanin (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · be антыбіётык (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · si ප්රතිජීවක (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · tr antibiyotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sw kiuavijasumu (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · hu antibiotikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ru антибио́тик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · lv antibiotika (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mn антибиотик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sh antibiòtik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · de Antibiotikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · bg антибио́тик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · nl antibioticum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ia antibiotico (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · io antibiotiko (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mn нян дарагч (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · bo སྐྱེ་ནུས་འགོག་རྫས (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · tl antibiyotiko (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sv antibiotikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mk антибио́тик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · my ပဋိဇီဝဆေး (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ko 항생물질 (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · es antibiótico (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · he אַנְטִיבְּיוֹטִיקָה (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · tpi marasin bilong kilim ol binatang (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · hy հակաբիոտիկ (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · cmn 抗菌素 (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · kk антибиотик (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mr प्रतिजैविक (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · fr antibiotique (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · vi kháng sinh (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · et antibiootikum (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · el αντιβιοτικό (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · sl antibiotik (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mi (rongoā) patupokenga (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · ca antibiòtic (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) · mn ᠨᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria)