antibiotics
noun Medical
- English meaning
- Medicines that treat infections caused by bacteria; they do not work on viruses.
- Example
Antibiotics don't work on colds or flu.
- Common collocations
- course of antibiotics; prescribe antibiotics
- Word family
- antibiotic
Translation
- 한국어항생제
- 中文抗生素
- 日本語抗生物質
- ไทยยาปฏิชีวนะ
- Bahasa Indonesiaantibiotik
- Tiếng Việtthuốc kháng sinh
- Русскийантибиотики
- हिन्दीएंटीबायोटिक
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