antibiotic

US: /ˌæntaɪbaɪˈɑtɪk/, /ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk/

UK: /ˌæntɪba‍ɪˈɒtɪk/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

antibiotic /'æntibai'ɔtik/
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    Advanced English dictionary

    + noun
    [usually pl.] a substance, for example PENICILLIN, that can destroy or prevent the growth of bacteria and cure infections: The doctor put her on antibiotics (= told her to take them).
    antibiotic adjective: an antibiotic drug + effective antibiotic treatment

    Collocation

    ADJ.

    effective

    QUANT.

    course, dose
    The doctor put her on a course of antibiotics.

    VERB + ANTIBIOTIC

    be on, take
    Did you remember to take your antibiotics?
    | give sb, prescribe, put sb on, treat sth with
    The doctor prescribed antibiotics.


    Concise dictionary

    antibiotics‚æntɪ'baɪɑtɪk /-ɒtɪk
    noun
    +a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections
    adj.
    +of or relating to antibiotic drugs

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