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antimicrobiological

antimicrobiological is the alternative form of antimicrobial.

Meaning of antimicrobial

Adjective

antimicrobial (not comparable)

  1. Tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.
  2. Inhibiting the growth of microbes.
    Synonyms:
    microbiostatic
  3. Preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes.

See all 6 meanings of antimicrobial

Origin of antimicrobiological

From anti- + microbiological.

Questions about antimicrobiological

What is antimicrobiological the alternative form of?
Antimicrobiological is the alternative form of antimicrobial.

Words near antimicrobiological in the dictionary

  1. antimicrobicidal
  2. antimicrobicide
  3. antimicrobicides
  4. antimicrobics
  5. antimicrobiologic
  6. antimicrobiological
  7. antimicrobiotic
  8. antimicrobiotics
  9. antimicrofilarial
  10. antimicrofouling
  11. antimicroglia

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