antibiotic

[US]/ˌæntibaɪˈɒtɪk/
[UK]/ˌæntibaɪˈɑːtɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. antibiotic
adj. antibiotic

Phrases & Collocations

antibiotic resistance

broad spectrum antibiotic

Example Sentences

a course of antibiotic therapy.

The antibiotics at last began to take effect.

Antibiotics is effective to cure throat infection.

Antibiotics should kill off the bacteria.

The best treatment is antibiotics, preferably by injection.

doctors have been overprescribing antibiotics for decades.

I’m taking antibiotics for a throat infection.

a treatment regimen comprising two antibiotics

We must be injected with antibiotics for our protection.

Methods: Surgical debride and antibiotics therapy post operatively were taken in 53 cases.

Fucidin shows no cross-resistance to any other antibiotic agent used in clinical practice.

To this, dissuasive this kind of patient should comply with the doctor is directive, do not take antibiotic therapy by oneself.

While all antibiotics will affect the gut flora of a guinea pig, some are deadly and can cause a fatal enterotoxemia.

The penem antibiotics are a series of unclassical β-lactam antibiotics including thio-substituted, carbon-substituted, heterocycle-substituted penems and the β-lactamase inhibitors.

Drug-resistance of pathogenic bacteria resulting from antibiotics abusage in recent several decades has done great threaten to human health.

Age, period of mechanical ventilator, nasogastric feeding, use of antiacid and antibiotics were related to the development with VAP.

It includes the abilities of bacteriostasis and degerm, altogether, Antibiotic is the ultimate way.

Yiwei Fungin is a sort of antibiotic of anti-parasite, which prevent any sort of health-affecting and production performance from the parasite inside and outside by using low dosage.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce the research and development of systematic antifungal drugs such as imidazole,triazole,allylamine,antibiotic etc.and the marketing trend.

Therefore, carbenicillin was the preferable choice of the two tested antibiotics for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of tall fescue.

Real-world Examples

Antibiotic choice may depend on the age of the patient and local antibiotic resistance patterns.

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That's how it becomes resistant to antibiotics.

Source: Official Guide to the TOEFL Test

Treatment for Crohn disease usually involves anti-inflammatory medications and antibiotics.

Source: Osmosis - Digestion

Pneumonia caused by M. pneumoniae is usually treated with antibiotics.

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Second, access to cheap injectable antibiotics, which could save 300,000 kids a year.

Source: Gates Couple Interview Transcript

Most infections are mild and self-limiting and will recover without antibiotics.

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For bacterial infections, antibiotics are helpful.

Source: Osmosis - Respiration

But koalas have a special enzyme in their stomachs that prevents the antibiotics from working.

Source: VOA Special May 2023 Collection

He says the company will stop giving its birds antibiotics by the end of 2017.

Source: VOA Special May 2015 Collection

We could forgo giving an antibiotic if we're not sure it's the right one.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2015 Collection

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