History GCSE
Antibiotics
What Antibiotics means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Antibiotics
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Produced by microorganisms, such as penicillin, they were mass produced and conquered many bacterial infections.
Topics that use Antibiotics
- Option 11: c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain - 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Government intervention
- High-tech medical and surgical treatment
- Mass vaccinations
- NHS
- Preventative medicine
- Magic bullets
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