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broad-spectrum definition

broad·-spectrum (-spek′trəm)

adjective

  1. effective against a wide variety of microorganisms a broad-spectrum antibiotic
  2. showing a wide variety a broad-spectrum array

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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