1 Over-the-counter cold and cough medicines may help ease symptoms in adults and older children. 2  They do not make your cold go away faster, but can help you feel better. 3  Over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines are not recommended for children under age 4. 4  Antibiotics should not be used to treat a common cold. Over-the-counter cold and cough medicines may help ease symptoms in adults and older children. 2  They do not make your cold go away faster, but can help you feel better. 3  Over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines are not recommended for children under age 4. 4  Antibiotics should not be used to treat a common cold.
scientific name. (sÄ«'Én-tÄ­f'Ä­k) A name used by scientists, especially the taxonomic name of an organism that consists of the genus and species. Scientific names usually come from Latin or Greek. An example is Homo sapiens, the scientific name for humans.
Note that human is not un scientific. Rather, Homo sapiens is the taxonomical name (used when classifying humans in relation to other species). Human beings are of the familia Hominidae, subfamilia Homininae, tribus Hominini, subtribus Hominina, genus Homo, s pecies Homo sapiens, and subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens.he full scientific term is Homo sapiens sapiens, but in many scientific fields it is common to call human beings 'humans.'. The term 'Homo sapiens' refers to modern man. There are other scientific terms for earlier but similar life forms, e.g. Home erectus, 'Neanderthals' etc.