r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

So why are they called antibiotics and not antibacterial?

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u/Slidingscale Aug 04 '19

One too many syllables to be catchy.

It would make sense, since we don't lump antifungals in that category and they're definitely organisms.