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A doctor prescribes a medicine that kills disease-causing microbes. Such medicines are called:

AAntifreezes
BAntibiotics
CAntibodies
DAntiseptics
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Antibiotics
1. The medicine is swallowed, not painted on a wound. 2. It stops or kills the microbes inside the body. 3. Such medicines are antibiotics. _Source: syllabus Science Class VIII, Chapter 2, Microorganisms: Friend and Foe._
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