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bacillicidal

bacillicidal adjective: killing bacilli.

Adjective

bacillicidal (comparative more bacillicidal, superlative most bacillicidal)

  1. Killing bacilli.

Forms of bacillicidal

comparativemore bacillicidal
superlativemost bacillicidal

Origin of bacillicidal

From bacilli + -cidal.

Questions about bacillicidal

What does bacillicidal mean?
Bacillicidal means killing bacilli.
What part of speech is bacillicidal?
Bacillicidal is an adjective.

Words near bacillicidal in the dictionary

  1. bacillemia
  2. bacilli
  3. bacillian
  4. bacilliary
  5. bacillibactin
  6. bacillicidal
  7. bacillicide
  8. bacillicides
  9. bacillicidic
  10. bacilliculture
  11. bacillicultures

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