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Topical vs Neomycin - What's the difference?

topical | neomycin |

As nouns the difference between topical and neomycin

is that topical is (pharmacology) a topical anaesthetic while neomycin is (medicine) a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic that is found in many topical medications.

As an adjective topical

is of current interest; contemporary.

topical

English

Adjective

(wikipedia topical) (en adjective)
  • Of current interest; contemporary.
    • ''Fair trade has become quite a topical subject.
  • local to a particular place
  • (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
  • Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.

    • Antonyms

    * systemic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.

    • Anagrams

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    neomycin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia neomycin)
  • (medicine) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic that is found in many topical medications