Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broad-spectrum antibiotic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: broad--spec-trum an-tibi-ot-ic
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any antibiotic that is active against a wide range of bacteria, especially against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

Inflected Forms

broad-spectrum antibiotics (plural)

Questions

What does broad-spectrum antibiotic mean?: Any antibiotic that is active against a wide range of bacteria, especially against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

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