Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

narrow-spectrum

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
nar-row-spec-trum
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an antibiotic, that is only able to kill or inhibit limited species of bacteria.

Questions

What does narrow-spectrum mean?
Of an antibiotic, that is only able to kill or inhibit limited species of bacteria.

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