antibiotic
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Delivery method, antibiotic exposure, older siblings, and breastfeeding all played a role in shaping the community of microbes that developed during the first year of life.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, US, have used generative AI to identify novel antibiotic compounds that might be able to treat superbugs including gonorrhoea and conditions such as Parkinson's.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The vitamin K shot is one of the three main interventions, along with the hepatitis B vaccine and an antibiotic ointment in the eyes, that newborns typically receive before leaving the hospital.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
And there was: There had been some progress, with oxytetracycline, OTC for short, a powerful antibiotic that is used to treat chlamydia and sometimes syphilis in humans.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Beatrice had already cleansed her stepbrother’s arm with soda water, so Roy lathered antibiotic ointment on a panel of gauze and taped it firmly around the boy’s arm.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
Vocabulary lists containing antibiotic
Power Prefix: Anti
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Words to Live By: Bio
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Four Power Prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-.
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