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bacteriocide

bacteriocide is the alternative form of bactericide.

Meaning of bactericide

Noun

bactericide (plural bactericides)

  1. Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.

Forms of bacteriocide

pluralbacteriocides

Origin of bacteriocide

From bacterio- + -cide.

Questions about bacteriocide

What is bacteriocide the alternative form of?
Bacteriocide is the alternative form of bactericide.

Words near bacteriocide in the dictionary

  1. bacteriochlorophyll
  2. bacteriochlorophyllic
  3. bacteriochlorophyllide
  4. bacteriochlorophylls
  5. bacteriocidal
  6. bacteriocide
  7. bacteriocides
  8. bacteriocidic
  9. bacteriocidin
  10. bacteriocidins
  11. bacteriocin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bacteriocide (page history and authors); bactericide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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