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antimicrobiotic

antimicrobiotic adjective: that counters the development of normal microbiota.

Adjective

antimicrobiotic (not comparable)

  1. That counters the development of normal microbiota
  2. Synonym of antimicrobial.
    Synonyms:
    antimicrobial

Noun

antimicrobiotic (plural antimicrobiotics)

  1. Such a drug

Synonyms of antimicrobiotic

Forms of antimicrobiotic

pluralantimicrobiotics

Origin of antimicrobiotic

From anti- + microbiotic.

Questions about antimicrobiotic

What does antimicrobiotic mean?
Antimicrobiotic means that counters the development of normal microbiota.
What part of speech is antimicrobiotic?
Antimicrobiotic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antimicrobiotic in the dictionary

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

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