- bactericidal
- also bacteriocidal adjective Date: 1877 destroying bacteria • bactericide also bacteriocide noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
bactericidal
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Bactericidal — Bac*te ri*ci dal, a. Destructive of bacteria. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bactericidal — adj germicidal, antiseptic, disinfectant (see under ANTISEPTIC n) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Bactericidal/permeability increasing protein — protein Name = bactericidal/permeability increasing protein caption = width = HGNCid = 1095 Symbol = BPI AltSymbols = EntrezGene = 671 OMIM = 109195 RefSeq = NM 001725 UniProt = P17213 PDB = ECnumber = Chromosome = 20 Arm = q Band = 11.23… … Wikipedia
bactericidal activity — the rate of killing of bacteria in a given inoculum by a particular antibiotic or disinfectant; for effective treatment it should be at least 99.9 percent. See also serum bactericidal a … Medical dictionary
bactericidal — See bactericide. * * * … Universalium
bactericidal — adjective a) That kills bacteria. b) Of or pertaining to a bactericide … Wiktionary
bactericidal — Causing the death of bacteria. Cf.:bacteriostatic. SYN: bacteriocidal. * * * bac·te·ri·cid·al bak .tir ə sīd əl also bac·te·ri·o·cid·al .tir ē ə sīd adj destroying bacteria bac·te·ri·cid·al·ly əl ē adv bac·te·ri·cide tir ə .sīd n … Medical dictionary
bactericidal — bac·te·ri·cid·al || bæk‚tɪərɪ saɪdl adj. harmful to bacteria, destroys bacteria … English contemporary dictionary
bactericidal — bac·te·ri·cid·al … English syllables
bactericidal — adj. being capable of killing bacteria. Substances with this property include antibiotics, antiseptics, and disinfectants; they are known as bactericides. Compare: bacteriostatic … The new mediacal dictionary
