antibiotic

antibiotic
noun
  1. a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys micro-organisms
    抗生素,抗菌素
adjective
  1. relating to, involving, or denoting antibiotics
    (与)抗生素(有关)的,(与)抗菌素(有关)
语源
  1. mid 19th cent. (in the sense 'doubting the possibility of life in a particular environment'): from anti- + Greek biōtikos 'fit for life' (from bios 'life')
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