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antibiotic drug vs erythromycin

erythromycin vs antibiotic drug

antibiotic drug and erythromycin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
antibiotic drug Yes No No No
erythromycin Yes No No No
As nouns, erythromycin is a hyponym of antibiotic drug; that is, erythromycin 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
  • erythromycin: an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
Other hyponyms of antibiotic drug include actinomycin, amphotericin, antimycin, antineoplastic antibiotic, Azactam, aztreonam, bacitracin, carbomycin, cephaloglycin, Kafocin, cephaloridine, cephalosporin, Mefoxin, chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin, Aureomycin, chlortetracycline, Cipro, ciprofloxacin, cycloserine, dihydrostreptomycin, doxorubicin, doxycycline, Vibramycin, E-Mycin, Erythrocin, 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) erythromycin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
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