antibiotic drug vs bacitracin

bacitracin vs antibiotic drug

antibiotic drug and bacitracin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antibiotic drug	Yes	No	No	No
bacitracin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bacitracin is a hyponym of antibiotic drug; that is, bacitracin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antibiotic drug:

antibiotic drug: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
bacitracin: a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally

Other hyponyms of antibiotic drug include actinomycin, amphotericin, antimycin, antineoplastic antibiotic, Azactam, aztreonam, carbomycin, cephaloglycin, Kafocin, cephaloridine, cephalosporin, Mefoxin, chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin, Aureomycin, chlortetracycline, Cipro, ciprofloxacin, cycloserine, dihydrostreptomycin, doxorubicin, doxycycline, Vibramycin, E-Mycin, Erythrocin, erythromycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin, Garamycin, gentamicin, gramicidin, kanamycin, Kantrex, Lincocin, lincomycin, mitomycin, Mutamycin, mycomycin, fradicin, Neobiotic, neomycin, novobiocin, Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin, penicillin, polymyxin, Primaxin, pyocyanase, pyocyanin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Nebcin, tobramycin, tyrocidin, tyrocidine, tyrothricin, Vancocin, vancomycin, Viocin, viomycin.

antibiotic drug (noun)	bacitracin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally

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