Antibiotic

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk

Definitions

Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.

Equivalents

Españolantibiótico

Françaisantibiotique

DeutschAntibiotikum antibiotisch

37 more languages

العربيةالمضادّ الحيويّ مضاد حيوي

བོད་སྐད།སྐྱེ་ནུས་འགོག་རྫས

Bosanskiantibiotik антибиотик

Catalàantibiòtic

Češtinaantibiotický antibiotikum

Danskantibiotikum

Ελληνικάαντιβιοτικό αντιβίωση

Esperantoantibiotika antibiotiko

فارسیآنتی‌بیوتیک پادزیست

Suomiantibiootti antibioottinen

Gaeilgeantaibheathach frithbheathach

עבריתאנטיביוטיקה

Hrvatskiantibiotik антибиотик

Magyarantibiotikum

Bahasa Indonesiaantibiotik

Íslenskasýklalyf

Italianoantibiotico

日本語抗生物質

ქართულიანტიბიოტიკი

Қазақ тіліантибиотик

한국어항생물질 항생제

Lietuviųantibiotikas

Македонскиантибиотик антибиотички

Bahasa Melayuantibiotik

မြန်မာပဋိဇီဝဆေး

Nederlandsantibioticum antibiotisch

Polskiantybiotyczny antybiotyk antybiotykowy

Portuguêsantibiótico

Русскийантибиотик антибиотический

Српскиantibiotik антибиотик

Svenskaantibiotikum antibiotisk

Kiswahiliantibiotiki

ไทยปฏิชีวนะ ยาปฏิชีวนะ

Tagalogantibiyotiko

Türkçeantibiyotik

Українськаантибіотик

Tiếng Việtkháng sinh trụ sinh

Examples

“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.”

“We selected colistimethate sodium (CMS) as our antibiotic of choice.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Antibiotics antibiotype antibishop antiblackism antiblackness antiblennorrhagic

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