antibiotic
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“Because their whole function is killing bacteria, they contribute to the broader antimicrobial-resistance crisis, where bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotic drugs,” says Fuoco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“It was like taking only one pill of your antibiotic regime,” says Rafael Simon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Researchers say the results could eventually help reduce antibiotic use in selected patients, an important consideration as bacterial resistance becomes an increasingly serious global health problem.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
There is an antibiotic available that is known to curb symptoms, which Clare heard has helped a friend.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Roy removed a box of gauze, a roll of white adhesive tape, and a tube of antibiotic ointment that looked like barbecue sauce.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
And as some bacteria resist antibiotics, AI has identified a new class that kills drug-resistant staph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
She was prescribed antibiotics and required hospital check-ups.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Some antibiotics, contraceptive pills and other prescription medicines can have the opposite effect, allowing caffeine to stay trapped in the body for longer and prolonging the effects.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Participants in the control group were given placebo versions of the antibiotics, omega-3, and ASA, packaged in capsules that looked like the active treatments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
He gives me antibiotics and hopes they’ll at least kill the infection I got from the intestinal sores.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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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