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bacteriostat

bacteriostat noun: a biological or chemical agent that causes bacteriostasis.

Noun

bacteriostat (plural bacteriostats)

  1. A biological or chemical agent that causes bacteriostasis.

Forms of bacteriostat

pluralbacteriostats

Origin of bacteriostat

From bacterio- + -stat.

Questions about bacteriostat

What does bacteriostat mean?
Bacteriostat means a biological or chemical agent that causes bacteriostasis.
What part of speech is bacteriostat?
Bacteriostat is a noun.
What is the plural of bacteriostat?
The plural of bacteriostat is bacteriostats.

Words near bacteriostat in the dictionary

  1. bacteriospermia
  2. bacteriosponge
  3. bacteriosponges
  4. bacteriostases
  5. bacteriostasis
  6. bacteriostat
  7. bacteriostatic
  8. bacteriostatically
  9. bacteriostaticity
  10. bacteriostatics
  11. bacteriostats

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