antibiotic drug vs novobiocin

novobiocin vs antibiotic drug

antibiotic drug and novobiocin both are nouns.

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

As nouns, novobiocin is a hyponym of antibiotic drug; that is, novobiocin 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
novobiocin: an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria

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, erythromycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin, Garamycin, gentamicin, gramicidin, kanamycin, Kantrex, Lincocin, lincomycin, mitomycin, Mutamycin, mycomycin, fradicin, Neobiotic, neomycin, 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)	novobiocin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria

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