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antibiotic

adj 1  :  tending to prevent, inhibit, or destroy life  2  :  of or relating to antibiotics or to antibiosis an*ti*bi*ot*i*cal*ly adv 
n :  a substance produced by or a semisynthetic substance derived from a microorganism and able in dilute solution to inhibit or kill another microorganism .
 
   

 
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