English use - from the New Shorter Oxford Dictionary: antibiotic /%antIbVI"QtIk/ a. & n.
m19. [f. anti- + Gk biotikos fit for life, f. bios life: see - otic.] A adj. ?1 Doubting the possibility of life (in a particular environment). m-l19. 2 Injurious to or destructive of living matter, esp. micro-organisms; of or pertaining to antibiotics. l19. B n. A substance which is capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of bacteria or other micro- organisms; spec. one that is produced by another micro-organism (or is a synthetic analogue of a microbial product), and is used therapeutically. m20. So, for my pennorth, CS does not meet the specific noun definition. Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: Re: CS>FTC regulations? I believe by convention an antibiotic that is used on non-living things is called a disinfectant. The dictionary says that an antibiotic is anything that kills some forms of life. Marshall
