antibiotic

See also: antibiòtic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French antibiotique; by surface analysis, anti- +‎ -biotic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, /ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Noun

antibiotic (plural antibiotics)

1. (pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.

   Hypernym: antimicrobial

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:antibiotic

Derived terms

• antibiotically
• antibioticked
• antibioticogram
• antiboyotic
• broad-spectrum antibiotic
• enzybiotic
• metalloantibiotic
• multiantibiotic
• nanoantibiotic
• nonantibiotic
• polyantibiotic
• postantibiotic
• preantibiotic
• sactibiotic

 

Translations

substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria

• Albanian: antibiotik (sq) m
• Arabic: مُضَادّ حَيَوِيّ m (muḍādd ḥayawiyy)
• Armenian: հակաբիոտիկ (hy) (hakabiotik)
• Azerbaijani: antibiotik
• Belarusian: антыбіётык m (antybijótyk)
• Bulgarian: антибио́тик m (antibiótik)
• Burmese: ပဋိဇီဝဆေး (my) (pa.ti.jiwa.hce:)
• Catalan: antibiòtic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗生素 (zh) (kàngshēngsù), 抗菌素 (zh) (kàngjūnsù)

• Czech: antibiotikum (cs) n
• Danish: antibiotikum (da) n
• Dutch: antibioticum (nl) n
• Esperanto: antibiotiko
• Estonian: antibiootikum
• Finnish: antibiootti (fi)
• French: antibiotique (fr) m
• Georgian: ანტიბიოტიკი (ka) (anṭibioṭiḳi)
• German: Antibiotikum (de) n
• Greek: αντιβιοτικό (el) m (antiviotikó)
• Hebrew: אַנְטִיבְּיוֹטִיקָה (he) f (antibyótika)
• Hindi: प्रतिजैविक (pratijaivik)
• Hungarian: antibiotikum (hu), baktericid (hu)
• Icelandic: sýklalyf n
• Ido: antibiotiko (io)
• Indonesian: antibiotik (id)
• Interlingua: antibiotico
• Irish: antaibheathach m, frithbheathach m
• Italian: antibiotico (it) m
• Japanese: 抗生物質 (ja) (こうせいぶっしつ, kōseibusshitsu)
• Kazakh: антибиотик (antibiotik)
• Korean: 항생물질 (hangsaengmuljil), 항생제 (hangsaengje)
• Kyrgyz: антибиотик (antibiotik)
• Latvian: antibiotika f
• Lithuanian: antibiotikas m
• Macedonian: антибио́тик m (antibiótik)
• Malay: antibiotik (ms)
• Maori: rongoā paturopi, paturopi, patupokenga
• Marathi: प्रतिजैविक n (pratijaivik)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: антибиотик (mn) (antibiotik), нян дарагч (njan daragč) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠠᠨᠲ᠋ᠢᠪᠢᠣᠲ᠋ᠢᠺ (antibiotik), ᠨᠢᠶᠠᠨ
  ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ (niyan daruɣči)

• Norwegian: antibiotikum n
• Persian: آنتی‌بیوتیک (fa) (ânti-biyotik)
• Polish: antybiotyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: antibiótico (pt)
• Romanian: antibiotic (ro) n
• Russian: антибио́тик (ru) m (antibiótik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антибио̀тик m

  Roman: antibiòtik (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ප්‍රතිජීවක (si) (pratijīwaka)
• Slovak: antibiotikum (sk) n
• Slovene: antibiotik (sl) m
• Spanish: antibiótico (es) m
• Swahili: antibiotiki
• Swedish: antibiotikum (sv) n
• Tagalog: labanhayanin, antibiyotiko
• Tajik: антибиотик (antibiotik)
• Thai: ยาปฏิชีวนะ (yaa-bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná), ปฏิชีวนะ (bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná)
• Tibetan: སྐྱེ་ནུས་འགོག་རྫས (skye nus 'gog rdzas)
• Turkish: antibiyotik (tr)
• Turkmen: antibiotik
• Ukrainian: антибіо́тик m (antybiótyk)
• Uzbek: antibiotik (uz)
• Vietnamese: kháng sinh (vi), trụ sinh
• Welsh: gwrthfiotig m

Adjective

antibiotic (comparative more antibiotic, superlative most antibiotic)

1. (pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.

   Hypernym: antimicrobial

2. (obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.

Related terms

• abiogenetic
• abiotic
• antibiosis
• gnotobiotic
• xenobiotic

 

Translations

of or relating to antibiotics

• Catalan: antibiòtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗生素的 (kàngshēngsù de), 抗菌素的 (kàngjūnsù de)

• Czech: antibiotický m
• Danish: antibiotisk
• Dutch: antibiotisch (nl)
• Esperanto: antibiotika
• Finnish: antibioottinen
• French: antibiotique (fr)
• Georgian: ანტიბიოტიკური (anṭibioṭiḳuri)
• German: antibiotisch (de)
• Interlingua: antibiotic
• Irish: antaibheathach, frithbheathach
• Italian: antibiotico (it) m
• Macedonian: антибио́тички (antibiótički)
• Norwegian: antibiotisk
• Polish: antybiotyczny (pl), antybiotykowy (pl)
• Portuguese: antibiótico (pt)
• Russian: антибиоти́ческий (ru) (antibiotíčeskij)
• Slovak: antibiotický (sk)
• Spanish: antibiótico (es)
• Tagalog: labanhanayin

See also

• antibacterial
• antiseptic

Interlingua

Adjective

antibiotic (not comparable)

1. antibiotic

Related terms

• antibiotico

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antibiotique. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ biotic.

Noun

antibiotic n (plural antibiotice)

1. antibiotic

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	antibiotic	antibioticul		antibiotice	antibioticele
genitive-dative	antibiotic	antibioticului		antibiotice	antibioticelor
vocative	antibioticule			antibioticelor