Vi fant 6 definisjoner av antibiotic på engelsk.
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| antibiotic - 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" | ||
| antibiotic drug | ||
| antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | ||
| actinomycin any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria | ||
| amphotericin an antibiotic and antifungal agent | ||
| antimycin a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi | ||
| antineoplastic antibiotic an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy | ||
| azactam, aztreonam an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects | ||
| bacitracin a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally | ||
| carbomycin a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms | ||
| cephaloglycin, kafocin antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use | ||
| cephaloridine a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin | ||
| cephalosporin, mefoxin one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity | ||
| chloramphenicol, chloromycetin an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) | ||
| aureomycin, chlortetracycline a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases | ||
| cipro, ciprofloxacin an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints | ||
| cycloserine an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus | ||
| dihydrostreptomycin antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms | ||
| doxorubicin an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug | ||
| doxycycline, vibramycin an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections; "Vibramycin is the trade name of doxycycline" | ||
| e-mycin, erythrocin, erythromycin, ethril, ilosone, pediamycin an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative | ||
| garamycin, gentamicin an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract | ||
| gramicidin an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria | ||
| kanamycin, kantrex antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections | ||
| lincocin, lincomycin antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections | ||
| mitomycin, mutamycin a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug | ||
| mycomycin a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete | ||
| fradicin, neobiotic, neomycin an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery | ||
| novobiocin an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria | ||
| mycostatin, nystan, nystatin an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes | ||
| hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, terramycin a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections | ||
| penicillin any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases | ||
| polymyxin any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium | ||
| primaxin trade name for a parenteral antibiotic | ||
| pyocyanase a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus | ||
| pyocyanin a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus | ||
| spectinomycin an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea | ||
| streptomycin an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis | ||
| streptothricin a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete | ||
| subtilin a polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium | ||
| nebcin, tobramycin an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria | ||
| tyrocidin, tyrocidine a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin | ||
| tyrothricin a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria | ||
| vancocin, vancomycin an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections | ||
Adjective |
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| antibiotic - of or relating to antibiotic drugs | ||
