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nouna chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
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penicillin gentamicin antibacterial doxycycline bacitracin streptomycin aureomycin chloramphenicol amphotericin cipro erythromycin neomycin vancomycin antibiotic drug antibacterial drug bactericide antineoplastic antibiotic azactam aztreonam carbomycin cephaloglycin cephaloridine cephalosporin chloromycetin chlortetracycline ciprofloxacin cycloserine dihydrostreptomycin doxorubicin e-mycin erythrocin ethril fradicin garamycin gramicidin hydroxytetracycline ilosone kafocin kanamycin kantrex lincocin lincomycin mefoxin mitomycin mutamycin mycomycin mycostatin nebcin neobiotic novobiocin nystan nystatin oxytetracycline oxytetracycline hydrochloride pediamycin polymyxin primaxin pyocyanase pyocyanin spectinomycin streptothricin subtilin terramycin tobramycin tyrocidin tyrocidine tyrothricin vancocin vibramycin viocin actinomycin viomycin antimycin