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  • noun A substance that is not an antibiotic.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ antibiotic

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Examples

  • Other Options Some nonantibiotic treatments that may ease sinus symptoms:

    Waiting It Out: Antibiotics 2008

  • Even with all the armory of antibiotics which followed penicillin -- streptomycin, the tetracyclines, and synthetics, and the new nonantibiotic drugs and steroids -- I still hate to see pneumonia in a dog.

    Favourite Dog Stories Herriot, James 1995

  • "This novel nonantibiotic approach to secondary prevention is likely to offer hope to physicians and patients battling C. difficile infection."

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The Brinker group's nonantibiotic approach may make it easier to treat staphylococci strains that have become drug resistant like the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The Brinker group's nonantibiotic approach may make it easier to treat staphylococci strains that have become drug resistant like the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Approach to managing patients with sulfa allergy: Use of antibiotic and nonantibiotic sulfonamides.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • The Brinker group's nonantibiotic approach may make it easier to treat staphylococci strains that have become drug resistant like the methicillin-resistant

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • The Brinker group's nonantibiotic approach may make it easier to treat staphylococci strains that have become drug resistant like the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The Brinker group's nonantibiotic approach may make it easier to treat staphylococci strains that have become drug resistant like the methicillin-resistant

    Newswise: Latest News 2009

  • The Brinker group's nonantibiotic approach may make it easier to treat staphylococci strains that have become drug resistant like the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

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