What is the meaning of antibiotic?

noun

  • A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections.
    • usage: "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"

adjective

  • Of or relating to antibiotic drugs. .
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