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antimicrobials

antimicrobials is the plural of antimicrobial.

Meaning of antimicrobial

Noun

antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)

  1. An agent (drug or other substance) that destroys microbes (i.e., kills off a population of them).
  2. An agent (drug or other substance) that inhibits the growth of microbes but does not kill their whole population.
    Synonyms:
    microbiostatic
  3. An agent (drug or other substance) that counteracts the pathogenic action of microbes.

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Questions about antimicrobials

What is antimicrobials the plural of?
Antimicrobials is the plural of antimicrobial.

Words near antimicrobials in the dictionary

  1. antimiasmatics
  2. antimicotic
  3. antimicrobe
  4. antimicrobial
  5. antimicrobially
  6. antimicrobials
  7. antimicrobic
  8. antimicrobicidal
  9. antimicrobicide
  10. antimicrobicides
  11. antimicrobics

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