antibiotic

drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections
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antibiotic

Summary

antibiotic is a class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[1]. antibiotic ranks in the top 1% of class_of_chemical_entities_with_similar_applications_or_functions entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,111 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • antibiotic's instance of is recorded as class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[3].
  • antibiotic's instance of is recorded as medication[4].
  • anti- is named after antibiotic[5].
  • life is named after antibiotic[6].
  • antibiotic is a type of medication[7].
  • antibiotic is a type of anti-infective agent[8].
  • antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial drug[9].
  • antibiotic is a type of bactericide[10].
  • antibiotic's Commons category is recorded as Antibiotics[11].
  • antibiotic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Antibiotics[12].
  • antibiotic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[13].
  • antibiotic's has characteristic is recorded as antibiotic resistance[14].
  • antibiotic's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C258[15].
  • antibiotic's different from is recorded as bactericide[16].
  • antibiotic's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[17].
  • antibiotic's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q2853134[18].
  • antibiotic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[19].
  • antibiotic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
  • antibiotic's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/antibiotics[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[3] and medication[4]. Recorded subclass of include medication[7], anti-infective agent[8], antimicrobial drug[9], and bactericide[10].

Origins

Things named after include anti-[5], a prefix[22] and life[6], a type of property[23].

Why It Matters

antibiotic ranks in the top 1% of class_of_chemical_entities_with_similar_applications_or_functions entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,111 views/month).[2] antibiotic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] antibiotic is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Malaria Ontology. purl.obolibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). antibiotic. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/antibiotic
MLA “antibiotic.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/antibiotic.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_antibiotic_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{antibiotic}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/antibiotic}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic antibiotic resistance
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 696077
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Different from bactericide
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10820, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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