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antibiotics

  • plural
    of antibiotic.
    antibiotic
    noun
    any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.

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A similar pattern appeared in samples from patients taking antibiotics, including cancer patients.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

"She's now on antibiotics, she's had water infections, she has got scarring on her kidneys because of this," Kayley says.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

People with cyclosporiasis experience symptoms like watery diarrhea and abdominal cramping and need to be treated with antibiotics.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Cyclospriasis can be treated with a combination of antibiotics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Thinking that he might have some kind of bacterial infection, they gave him injections of antibiotics, but the antibiotics had no effect on his illness.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston