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anaerobicidal

anaerobicidal adjective: acting to kill anaerobic bacteria.

Adjective

anaerobicidal (not comparable)

  1. Acting to kill anaerobic bacteria.
    • The 5-nitroimidazole molecules are very potent anaerobicidal agents commonly used to treat or prevent Bacteroides infections.2002, Lee-Jene Teng et al., “High Incidence of Cefoxitin and Clindamycin Resistance among Anaerobes in Taiwan”, in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, volume 46, number 9

Origin of anaerobicidal

From anaerobicide + -al.

Questions about anaerobicidal

What does anaerobicidal mean?
Anaerobicidal means acting to kill anaerobic bacteria.
What part of speech is anaerobicidal?
Anaerobicidal is an adjective.

Words near anaerobicidal in the dictionary

  1. anaerobia
  2. anaerobial
  3. anaerobian
  4. anaerobic
  5. anaerobically
  6. anaerobicidal
  7. anaerobicide
  8. anaerobicides
  9. anaerobicity
  10. anaerobics
  11. anaerobies

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