broad-spectrum
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Look for broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher; it should be worn daily and reapplied every couple of hours.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024
If an injured soldier can’t be evacuated quickly, medics are “more likely to give broad-spectrum antibiotics” to prevent infection, he says.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024
Among them is the common, broad-spectrum drug streptomycin.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024
Doctors in Gaza are using whatever is available or can be brought in by international teams, which is typically broad-spectrum antibiotics.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2024
Even the broad-spectrum drugs were losing their effectiveness to a dangerous degree within decades of their introduction.
From The Native Soil by Nourse, Alan Edward
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
