The Emergence Machine

Antibiotic

physical · Medicine · Level 7 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Antibiotics are substances that kill or inhibit bacteria, which cause many infections, by disrupting the complex interactions within a system.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “antibiotic” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “antibiotic”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
antibiotic
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0AntibioticBacteriaDiseaseOrganismCellSystemFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesAntibioticL7SystemL3DiseaseL5BacteriaL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    antibiotic requires understanding system as a foundational concept
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first
  • Bacteria L6 (requires) Medicine sense
    Antibiotics are drugs that kill or inhibit bacteria, which cause many infections.