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bacteriacidal

bacteriacidal is the alternative form of bactericidal.

Meaning of bactericidal

Adjective

bactericidal (not comparable)

  1. That kills bacteria.
    • It would, therefore, have seemed a natural inference that the same agent would exert a similar bactericidal effect when added to other infectious body fluids.1901 December 20, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Rinderpest”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 21, page 641
  2. Of or pertaining to a bactericide.

See all 3 meanings of bactericidal

Forms of bacteriacidal

comparativemore bacteriacidal
superlativemost bacteriacidal

Questions about bacteriacidal

What is bacteriacidal the alternative form of?
Bacteriacidal is the alternative form of bactericidal.

Words near bacteriacidal in the dictionary

  1. bacteremias
  2. bacteremic
  3. bacteremically
  4. bacteri-
  5. bacteria
  6. bacteriacidal
  7. bacteriacide
  8. bacteriacides
  9. bacteriae
  10. bacteriaemia
  11. bacteriaemias

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