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The term antibiotic was coined by

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Edward Jenner

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Louis Pasteur

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Selman Waksman

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Alexander Fleming

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The correct option is C Selman Waksman
Waksman is credited with coining the term antibiotics, to describe compounds derived from other living organisms such as penicillin, though the term was first used by the French dermatologist François Henri Hallopeau, in 1871, to describe a substance opposed to the development of life
So, the correct answer is 'Selman Waksman'

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