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.
Homo is the genus that comprises the species Homo sapiens, which includes modern humans, as well as several extinct species classified as ancestral to or closely related to modern humansâas for examples Homo habilis and Homo neanderthalensis.ames for other species of the genus were introduced beginning in the second half of the 19th century (H. neanderthalensis 1864, H. erectus 1892). The genus Homo was given its taxonomic name to suggest that its member species can be classified as human.