antibiotic drug vs chloramphenicol

chloramphenicol vs antibiotic drug

antibiotic drug and chloramphenicol both are nouns.

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

As nouns, chloramphenicol is a hyponym of antibiotic drug; that is, chloramphenicol 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
chloramphenicol: an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever)

Other hyponyms of antibiotic drug include actinomycin, amphotericin, antimycin, antineoplastic antibiotic, Azactam, aztreonam, bacitracin, carbomycin, cephaloglycin, Kafocin, cephaloridine, cephalosporin, Mefoxin, 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)	chloramphenicol (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever)

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