antibiotic synonyms

antibiotic

n.

antimicrobial, antitoxin, wonder drug, miracle drug, bacteriostat; see also medicine 2.

Common antibiotics include: bacitracin, chlortetracycline, erythromycin, mycomycin, neomycin, nystatin, penicillin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, tetracycline, streptomycin

Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.