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fungistatic

fungistatic adjective: that inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.

Adjective

fungistatic (comparative more fungistatic, superlative most fungistatic)

  1. That inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
    Synonyms:
    mycostatic

Noun

fungistatic (plural fungistatics)

  1. An agent (drug or other substance) that is fungistatic.
    Synonyms:
    mycostatic

fungistatic meaning in Tamil

fungistatic in Tamil

காளான் பெருக்கக் குறப்பி

Synonyms of fungistatic

Forms of fungistatic

Adjective
comparativemore fungistatic
superlativemost fungistatic
Noun
pluralfungistatics

Origin of fungistatic

International scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from fungi- + -static = fungistasis + -ic.

Words formed from fungistatic

Questions about fungistatic

What does fungistatic mean?
Fungistatic means that inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
What is fungistatic in Tamil?
Fungistatic in Tamil is காளான் பெருக்கக் குறப்பி. See Fungistatic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fungistatic?
Fungistatic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near fungistatic in the dictionary

  1. fungiproofing
  2. fungisone
  3. fungisporin
  4. fungistasis
  5. fungistat
  6. fungistatic
  7. fungistats
  8. fungisterol
  9. fungisterols
  10. fungitarian
  11. fungitarians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fungistatic (page history and authors); fungistatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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