ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antibacterial drug mean? 

• ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG (noun)
  The noun ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG has 1 sense:

1. any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth

  Familiarity information: ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide

Hypernyms ("antibacterial drug" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antibacterial drug"):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

azithromycin; Zithromax (a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body)

dapsone (antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases)

dicloxacillin; Dynapen (antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin)

hexachlorophene (antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste)

INH; isoniazid; Nydrazid (antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis)

Mandelamine; methenamine; Urex (antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections)

nalidixic acid; NegGram (antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections)

Neosporin (trade name for a topical drug containing several antibacterials; used as an ointment for skin irritations and in the form of eyedrops for minor eye infections)

Macrodantin; nitrofurantoin (derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract)

Rifadin; rifampin; Rimactane (an antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis)

sulfa; sulfa drug; sulfonamide; sulpha (antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA)

Achromycin; tetracycline (an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections)

crystal violet; gentian violet (a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment)