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bacillicide

bacillicide noun: any material that kills bacilli.

Noun

bacillicide (plural bacillicides)

  1. (rare) Any material that kills bacilli.

Forms of bacillicide

pluralbacillicides

Origin of bacillicide

From bacilli + -cide.

Questions about bacillicide

What does bacillicide mean?
Bacillicide means any material that kills bacilli.
What part of speech is bacillicide?
Bacillicide is a noun.
What is the plural of bacillicide?
The plural of bacillicide is bacillicides.

Words near bacillicide in the dictionary

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

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