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microbiocidal

microbiocidal adjective: biocidal towards microbes.

Adjective

microbiocidal (not comparable)

  1. biocidal towards microbes
    • Concentrations of 70-500 ppm HSP had a pronounced effect on metabolic activity while the equivalent concentrations of ionic silver (50- 375 ppb) had a negligible effect, demonstrating that the microbiocidal activity of HSP was due to peroxide rather than silver.2015 July 9, “Antibacterial Properties and Mechanism of Activity of a Novel Silver-Stabilized Hydrogen Peroxide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microbiocidal

From micro- + biocidal.

Words formed from microbiocidal

Questions about microbiocidal

What does microbiocidal mean?
Microbiocidal means biocidal towards microbes.
What part of speech is microbiocidal?
Microbiocidal is an adjective.

Words near microbiocidal in the dictionary

  1. microbio
  2. microbiocenosis
  3. microbiochemical
  4. microbiochemist
  5. microbiochemists
  6. microbiocidal
  7. microbiocide
  8. microbiocides
  9. microbiocoenosis
  10. microbiodiversity
  11. microbioelectronic

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