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a. having a wide scope or range of activity alt. having a wide scope or range of activity
Usage examples of "broad-spectrum".
That was why abdominal-wound patients were immediately given broad-spectrum antibiotics as a prophylactic.
The bio-weapon appears to have been designed to mount a broad-spectrum attack upon a wide range of life forms.
It was soon recognized that the drug was a broad-spectrum antiviral agent.
They knew that what they'd come up with might be the last broad-spectrum antibiotic for a generation.
Tom injected him with a broad-spectrum antibiotic and an antimalarial.
Moi administered an intravenous injection of a strong broad-spectrum antibiotic.
I found what I wanted in a snap compartment: a blister pack of Cipro, a powerful broad-spectrum antibiotic.
She sorted through her First Aid kit to make certain no one had mistaken pills for the coffee candy that her survival gear also contained, popped two painkillers anyway, along with a broad-spectrum antibiotic, and waited for the headache to subside.
She doused the whole area with broad-spectrum antibiotics and stood up wearily, regarding her patient.
For good measure, Keiko dug out the hypo and injected him with a double dose of broad-spectrum antibiotics and an antivenom shot.
This particular one had been very stubborn, not responding to the usual broad-spectrum antibiotics, and so far they had been unable to culture out and identify it.
And considering the environmental factors in utero-that is, broad-spectrum antibiotics, tripling of the background radiation count due to nuclear weapons, dietary influences, et cetera-yes, I should put the probability of induced mutation rather high.
The ruling smallpox party has been in power ever since the downfall of the flu faction following the broad-spectrum antibiotics scandal of 1998.
And, unless the council is composed of superpatriots, I think you'll be waiting for the antidote before authorizing the broad-spectrum release.
It is odd, I reflect while my Battle Center maintains a 360-degree tactical range broad-spectrum passive search, but this is the closest I have ever approached to actual combat.