bactericidal
bactericidal adjective: that kills bacteria.
Adjective
bactericidal (not comparable)
- 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
- Of or pertaining to a bactericide.
Noun
bactericidal (plural bactericidals)
- A bactericide.
bactericidal meaning in Tamil and Kannada
bactericidal in Tamil
- நுண்ணுயிர்க்கொல்லல்
bactericidal in Kannada
- ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಟೀರಿಯಾನಾಶಕಾರಿ
Forms of bactericidal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bacteriacidal |
| alternative form | bacteriocidal |
| Noun | |
| plural | bactericidals |
Origin of bactericidal
From bacteri(um) + -cidal.
Words formed from bactericidal
Questions about bactericidal
- What does bactericidal mean?
- Bactericidal means that kills bacteria.
- What is bactericidal in Tamil?
- Bactericidal in Tamil is நுண்ணுயிர்க்கொல்லல். See Bactericidal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bactericidal?
- Bactericidal can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near bactericidal in the dictionary
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