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microbicide

microbicide noun: any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms.

Noun

microbicide (plural microbicides)

  1. Any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms.

Forms of microbicide

pluralmicrobicides

Origin of microbicide

From microbe + -cide.

Words formed from microbicide

Questions about microbicide

What does microbicide mean?
Microbicide means any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms.
What part of speech is microbicide?
Microbicide is a noun.
What is the plural of microbicide?
The plural of microbicide is microbicides.

Words near microbicide in the dictionary

  1. microbials
  2. microbian
  3. microbic
  4. microbicidal
  5. microbicidals
  6. microbicide
  7. microbicides
  8. microbikini
  9. microbikinis
  10. microbio
  11. microbiocenosis

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