What are antibiotics? Give two examples.

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Antibiotics: Antibiotic is a drug derived from living matter or micro-organism, used to kill or prevent the growth of other micro-organisms.
(i) Broad spectrum antibiotics: Chloramphenicol, ampicillin.
(ii) Narrow spectrum antibiotics: Penicillin.

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