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    Antibiotic
    A drug that inhibits the growth of, or kills micro-organisms such as bacteria (germs), and is used to prevent or treat infectious diseases
    Found op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.html
    
    
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    Antibiotic
    a drug that is effective against bacteria
    Found op http://www.transforminglives.co.uk/glossary.xhtml
    
    
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    Antibiotic
    An agent that inhibits the growth or multiplication of, or kills, a living organism; usually used in reference to bacteria or other microorganisms.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20900
    
    
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    Antibiotic
    A chemical substance capable of destroying micro-organisms (including bacteria).
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf
    
    
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    Antibiotic
    Antibiotic: A drug used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms. Originally, an antibiotic was a substance produced by one microorganism that selectively inhibits the growth of another. Synthetic antibiotics, usually chemically related to natural antibiotics, have since been ...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=8121
    
    
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    Antibiotic
    A substance produced by micro-organisms which inhibits the growth of, or destroys bacteria e.g. penicillin.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
    
    
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    antibiotic
    Substance produced by one microorganism that selectively inhibits the growth of another. Many wholly synthetic antibiotics have been produced; see also Table A4.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
    
    
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    antibiotic
    <pharmacology> A chemical substance produced by a microorganism which has the capacity, in dilute solutions, to inhibit the growth of or to kill other microorganisms. ... Antibiotics that are sufficiently nontoxic to the host are used as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious d...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?antibiotic
    
    
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    antibiotic
    adjective of or relating to antibiotic drugs
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antibiotic
    
    
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    antibiotic
    antibiotic drug noun a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections; `when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antibiotic
    
    
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    antibiotic
    (an″te-) (an″ti-bi-ot´ik) destructive of life. a chemical substance having the capacity, in dilute solution, to kill or inhibit growth of microorganisms. Antibiotics that are sufficiently nontoxic to the host are used as chemotherapeutic agents to treat infectious diseases of h...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    antibiotic
    chemical substance produced by a living organism, generally a microorganism, that is detrimental to other microorganisms.[33 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/82
    
    
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    antibiotic
    (anti- + Gr. bios life) a chemical substance produced by a microorganism which has the capacity, in dilute solutions, to inhibit the growth of or to kill other microorganisms. Antibiotics that are sufficiently nontoxic to the host are used as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious di...
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio07.html
    
    

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