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zepelin [54]
3 years ago
7

An antibiotic is a type of medication that cures infectious diseases. Why does the word antibiotic suggest that these medication

s would be ineffective against viruses?
Biology
2 answers:
Virty [35]3 years ago
6 0
The part anti means opposed. Biotic is basically all the naturally occurring organisms. So an antibiotic would oppose an organism like a virus.
xxMikexx [17]3 years ago
3 0
The word bio in the word antibiotic suggests that antibiotics kill living things. Viruses have genetic information, but they don't have cells. They don't fully meet the definition of being alive.
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