antibiotics

noun

Definition of antibioticsnext
plural of antibiotic
as in drugs
medical a substance that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections

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  1. medications
  2. medicines
  3. pharmaceuticals
  4. prescriptions
Noun
  • Tylenol and NSAIDs both help with pain perception and fever, but the medications do have one key difference.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Stimulant Laxatives Laxatives are a group of medications that help promote bowel movements.
    Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH, Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of medications
Noun
  • Developing The Drugs Of Tomorrow The heterogeneity of diseases calls for a diverse range of medicines.
    Max Votek, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Another key feature of UNICEF's response is humanitarian cash transfers, which allow families in Gaza to buy food, clothing, medicines and other essentials when goods are available in the marketplace.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of medicines
Noun
  • Get your daily prescription of surrealism with our lustrous homages to fab pharmaceuticals.
    From You Flowers, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • More mergers will help several industries, Cramer said, naming banking, retail, materials, entertainment, enterprise software and pharmaceuticals.
    Julie Coleman, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of pharmaceuticals
Noun
  • An early version of the off-label drug bill would have required pharmacists to fill those prescriptions and barred licensing boards from disciplining providers based on their use of off-label drugs.
    Haley BeMiller, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
  • These controversial businesses essentially control what Americans pay for their prescriptions.
    Maria Aspan, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of prescriptions
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