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weedlayer t1_is0r953 wrote

Reply to comment by IntensifiedChesnuts in "New antibiotic hiding in diseased potatoes thwarts fungal infections in plants and humans" by tonymmorley

This is true, but also stupid. Antibiotics should be called "antibacterial", while the term antibiotic should apply to all antimicrobials.

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IntensifiedChesnuts t1_is1te0z wrote

Yeah… and we shouldn’t drive on parkways, and park on driveways…

This is how the scientific community defines the term, and we need to use a consensus-based common language if we’re going to understand each other. Unfortunately we don’t get to change words or their definitions because we don’t feel like them.

You’re going to have to accept that this is how our community understands this word or change everyone’s mind.

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