🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

抗生物質

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kōseibushitsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Antibiotic/ˌæntibaɪˈɒtɪk/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3420 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"医者は抗生物質を処方した。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms, especially bacteria.

    "The doctor prescribed a course of antibiotics for her throat infection."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in 1941 by Selman Waksman from anti- ('against') + biotic ('pertaining to life'), from Greek biotikos.

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