Antibiotic vs Nitroimidazole - What's the difference?
antibiotic | nitroimidazole |
(pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms.
(pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.
(obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.
(medicine) Any of a family of antibiotics composed of imidazole heterocycles with a nitro group; often used to combat anaerobic infections