broad-spectrum
Example Sentences
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Look for broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher; it should be worn daily and reapplied every couple of hours.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024
But although alarming, these “Iraqibacter” still succumbed to broad-spectrum antibiotics called carbapenems.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024
Doctors in Gaza are using whatever is available or can be brought in by international teams, which is typically broad-spectrum antibiotics.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2024
The fight against C diff takes its toll internally, including a significant disruption of gut microbiota, usually by broad-spectrum antibiotics, leading to loss of colonization resistance to C difficile.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
Even the broad-spectrum drugs were losing their effectiveness to a dangerous degree within decades of their introduction.
From The Native Soil by Nourse, Alan Edward
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
