antibiotic drug vs tobramycin

tobramycin vs antibiotic drug

antibiotic drug and tobramycin both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tobramycin is a hyponym of antibiotic drug; that is, tobramycin 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
tobramycin: an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative 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, novobiocin, Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin, penicillin, polymyxin, Primaxin, pyocyanase, pyocyanin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Nebcin, tyrocidin, tyrocidine, tyrothricin, Vancocin, vancomycin, Viocin, viomycin.

antibiotic drug (noun)	tobramycin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria

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