antibiotics

plural of antibiotic

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Recent Examples of antibiotics Based on data from more than 100 countries between 2016 and 2023, the health agency determined that resistance to antibiotics rose in approximately 40% of infection samples. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025 Antimicrobials include antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics—all used to prevent and treat infectious disease. Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 In hospital or clinical settings, more intensive measures may be used, such as intravenous fluids, cooling blankets or treatments for the underlying cause such as a prescription of antibiotics for bacterial infections. Daryl Austin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Hullar will be remembered in the biochemistry field for his 1966 discovery of a chemical reaction known as the Hanessian-Hullar reaction, which has since become foundational in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and antibiotics. Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Fluoroquinolone antibiotics treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) and respiratory infections. Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025 Each machine can stock hundreds of prescriptions, such as antibiotics, inhalers and blood pressure treatments, with inventory that's tailored to specific locations. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antibiotics
Noun
  • Its drugs include inhalers like Bevespi Aerosphere for people with COPD and Airsupra for people with asthma.
    NPR, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The organization, which helps bring down the price of drugs by bulk-buying them for its member states, could do the same for weight-loss drugs, PAHO director Dr Jarbas Barbosa told Reuters.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The relatively new designation allows these specialists to diagnose mental illness and prescribe psychiatric medications in collaboration with a psychiatrist.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • These medications are up to 20 times stronger than over-the-counter retinols and can increase collagen production, speed up the skin’s natural regeneration process, exfoliate dead skin cells, and reduce acne.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • University of Saskatchewan scientists developed a 3D lung tissue model to provide a better environment for studying medicines and diseases like tuberculosis, COVID-19, asthma, COPD and pulmonary fibrosis.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • And people with health insurance could spend less on their medicines through copays than buying them directly from AstraZeneca.
    NPR, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hullar will be remembered in the biochemistry field for his 1966 discovery of a chemical reaction known as the Hanessian-Hullar reaction, which has since become foundational in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and antibiotics.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The chemical industry is central to the world economy, producing products from pharmaceuticals and fertilisers, to plastics, paints, electronics, cleaning products, and toiletries.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some bridesmaids prayed, others massaged her head, while others burned Palo Santo and turned to natural remedies.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This Anker portable charger remedies that situation by magnetically attaching to the back of an iPhone 14, 15, 16, or 17 for wireless charging.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The result has been a series of poisonous IMF prescriptions.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Finding affordable coverage for multiple prescriptions can be tricky.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s how that research, pioneered more than 40 years ago, has led to new frontiers in modern physics, as well as 2025’s Nobel Prize in physics.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This type of simulation is a key technique in studying fundamental physics.
    Eli Levenson-Falk, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025

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