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bacterized

bacterized is the simple past and past participle of bacterize.

Meaning of bacterize

Verb

bacterize (third-person singular simple present bacterizes, present participle bacterizing, simple past and past participle bacterized)

  1. (transitive) To treat with bacteria.
    • An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end.1915, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, volume 9, page 23

Questions about bacterized

What is bacterized the simple past and past participle of?
Bacterized is the simple past and past participle of bacterize.

Words near bacterized in the dictionary

  1. bacterivorous
  2. bacterivory
  3. bacterization
  4. bacterizations
  5. bacterize
  6. bacterized
  7. bacterizes
  8. bacterizing
  9. bacteroid
  10. bacteroidal
  11. bacteroidete

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