Misunderstood terminology between doctors and their patients contributes to the evolution of resistant bacteria. That is bacteria that will resist medical treatment. Further translation: You could die.
Colin Purrington has a great graphic in Venn guide to pills that kill things that explains the difference between antibiotic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, etc. What most doctors mean is antibacterial but they don’t say so.
Knowing what you doctor means is a good thing. Same is true for effective data processing.