Science Diction: The Origin Of 'Antibiotic'

Selman Waksman, the microbiologist who discovered streptomycin, first used the word "antibiotic" in the medical sense in 1943. Science historian Howard Markel talks about how it was actually a naval officer who first coined "antibiotic" in 1860, to describe an opposition to the belief in life beyond Earth.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/11/133686020/Science-Diction-The-Origin-Of-Antibiotic?ft=1&f=1007

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