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broad-spec⋅trum

  [brawd-spek-truhm]
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–adjective
1. Pharmacology. noting an antibiotic effective against a wide range of organisms.
2. having a wide range of uses.
Origin:
1950–55
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broad-spec·trum   (brôd'spěk'trəm)
adj.  Widely applicable or effective: a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: broad–spectrum
Function: adjective
: effective against a wide range of organisms (as insects or bacteria) <broad–spectrumantibiotics> —compare NARROW-SPECTRUM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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