antiadrenergic
- a relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body
antiaircraft
- n artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
- s designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
antiapartheid
- a opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa
an antiapartheid leader
antibacterial
- n any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth
- a destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth
antibiotic
- n a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs - a of or relating to antibiotic drugs
antiblack
- s discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
antic
- n a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- v act as or like a clown
- s ludicrously odd
Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
anticholinergic
- n a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
- a inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
anticholinergic drugs
antimicrobic
- n an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
- s capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms