Why don't we just use the term antimicrobial? That "seems" to satisfy the "alphabet soup" gang, at least for the time being.
an·ti·mi·cro·bi·al Pronunciation Key (nt-m-krb-l, nt-) also
an·ti·mi·cro·bic (-bk)
adj.
Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms:
antimicrobial drugs.
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anti·mi·crobial n.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition
Yours in health,
James Allison
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From: "M. G. Devour" <mdev...@eskimo.com>
To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: CS>FTC regulations?
> Marshall writes:
> > It either kills life or it doesn't. I know it does. The meaning of
> > antibiotic is defined in the dictionary. If you don't like the
> > definition, take it up with Merriam and Webster.
>
> I know where Ian is coming from, Marshall. There is a sense in a lot
> of the literature that the term is used in a more restricted sense
> than suggested by Merriam and Webster...
>
> Here's a cite from an online textbook to be found at
>
> http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/ControlGrowth/antibiotic.html
>
> > Antibiotics: antimicrobial agents produced by microorganisms that
> > kill or inhibit other microorganisms. This is the microbiologist's
> > definition. A more broadened definition of an antibiotic includes
> > any chemical of natural origin (from any type of cell) which has the
> > effect to kill or inhibit the growth of other types cells. Since most
> > clinically-useful antibiotics are produced by microorganisms and are
> > used to kill or inhibit infectious Bacteria, we will follow the
> > classic definition.
>
> So, my point is, Marshall, that people *are* being taught that
> 'antibiotic' has a more specific meaning than you are arguing. In that
> sense, I think you may want to recognise this situation and give Ian
> the benefit of the doubt.
>
> Given the above definition, we can see that "natural" becomes a bit of
> a slippery term when we consider synthetic "antibiotics", but the term
> "antibiotics" seems to be commonly applied to those substances, like
> penecillin, that are produced by various organisms and were found to
> inhibit growth of bacteria...
>
> Be well,
>
> Mike D.
>
>
>
>
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