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a substance that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections
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Recent Examples of antibiotic
Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
Being able to closely, continuously monitor a wound and prescribe an antibiotic at the earliest sign of infection is an obvious and important interest.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
Brenda Goodman, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Concerns about antibiotic resistance have largely been allayed in recent years by clinical practices that reduce the risk, even among people with recurrent UTIs.
—Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
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Noun
They are combined with oral antibiotics, including:6 Clarithromycin Clindamycin
Doxycycline
Erythromycin
Minocycline
Oral medications may be given for four weeks to clear up an outbreak.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
Being able to closely, continuously monitor a wound and prescribe an antibiotic at the earliest sign of infection is an obvious and important interest.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
In clinical trials with more than 3,000 women and teen girls, the drug - a pill taken twice daily - performed as well as or better than nitrofurantoin, the frontline antibiotic which is currently used to treat UTIs.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Concerns about antibiotic resistance have largely been allayed in recent years by clinical practices that reduce the risk, even among people with recurrent UTIs.
—Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antibiotic
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Bryce Hodgson's comedic S1 turn as Major's roommate in the mental institution, Scott E., was so memorable that the writers brought the actor back to play twin brother Don E., part of Blaine's drug (and brain) dealing enterprise.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2025
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These are powerful drugs — antipsychotics, sedatives, sleep aids — each carrying their own risks.—
Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Developed in partnership with British company Indestructible Paint, the coating consists of that firm's conventional clear gloss resin along with a 2% concentration of a broad-spectrum biocidal agent known as chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX).—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
23 Apr. 2025
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Schuerger’s team is also expanding their tests to see how organisms respond to additional biocidal factors.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
25 Sep. 2016
Adjective
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Use a solution of dish soap and water, antibacterial wipes, or an all-purpose cleaner to sanitize the hamper's surface.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Apr. 2025
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Keep scrolling for her other suggestions below, including life-saving emergency tourniquets and travel-sized antibacterial soap sheets, starting at just $8.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2025
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These include medicines that increase available dopamine, resemble dopamine or block its natural breakdown.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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The drones are also able to fly in life-saving equipment like oxygen cylinders and medicines.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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The indictment further alleges that, during this same period, Hamad conspired with co-defendant Collins to manufacture and possess destructive devices.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The four-part Investigation Discovery series The Fall of Diddy looks into the making and unmaking of the producer-performer-entrepreneur, revealing a history of alleged abusive and destructive behavior by Combs that dates to the late 1980s.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These children lack the resources to receive HIV medications and rely predominantly on America for life-saving aid.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The number of people using GLP-1 mimic medications like Ozempic has skyrocketed in recent years.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Whitney has a fumigation guy who uses a process called ultraviolet germicidal irradiation.—
Jake Offenhartz,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Humans have known for over a hundred years that UV radiation can kill deadly germs, and hospitals have used germicidal 254-nm UVC to sterilize objects for decades.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Mar. 2023
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Your Korean serum questions, answered Are Korean serums better?—
Sarah Y. Wu,
Glamour,
23 Apr. 2025
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Or, more likely, The Sentry is simply the benevolent mirror image of that shadowy, sinister entity that emerges after Bob Reynolds ingests a super serum.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Antibiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antibiotic. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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