antibiotics
- 1Plural of antibiotic.
Overuse of antibiotics has driven the rise of resistant bacteria.
Several broad-spectrum antibiotics are stocked in the hospital pharmacy.
Note
A regular -s plural that belongs to the noun alone: the adjective antibiotic, as in an antibiotic cream, never takes the ending. In everyday use the plural often names the whole class of drugs at once rather than several separate agents, so overuse of antibiotics means the practice in general, not a count of particular compounds.
antibiotics is a form of antibiotic
antibiotic, noun: A substance that destroys or inhibits the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally carried through the body by the lymphatic system. Full entry
- Forms
- antibioticantibiotics plural
- Spelling
- antibiotic → antibiotics: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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