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Antibiotic vs Cefotaxime - What's the difference?

antibiotic | cefotaxime |

As nouns the difference between antibiotic and cefotaxime

is that antibiotic is any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms while cefotaxime is a wide-spectrum antibiotic with efficacy against most bacteria.

As an adjective antibiotic

is of or relating to antibiotics.

antibiotic

English

(wikipedia antibiotic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms.

    • Derived terms

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    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.
  • (obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.

    • See also

    * antibacterial * antiseptic

    cefotaxime

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A wide-spectrum antibiotic with efficacy against most bacteria.

    • Hypernyms

    *cephalosporin *cephem *thiazole

    See also

    *(wikipedia "cefotaxime")