NEOBIOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Neobiotic mean? 

• NEOBIOTIC (noun)
  The noun NEOBIOTIC has 1 sense:

1. an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

  Familiarity information: NEOBIOTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEOBIOTIC (noun)

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Meaning:

An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fradicin; Neobiotic; neomycin

Hypernyms ("Neobiotic" is a kind of...):

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

antiseptic (a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)