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mycobacteriocidal

mycobacteriocidal is the alternative form of mycobactericidal.

Meaning of mycobactericidal

Adjective

mycobactericidal (not comparable)

  1. Destructive to mycobacteria
    • Indeed, Type I IFNs have been shown to inhibit macrophage activation, thus discouraging mycobactericidal activities during Th1 immunity.2015 August 8, “AdHu5Ag85A Respiratory Mucosal Boost Immunization Enhances Protection against Pulmonary Tuberculosis in BCG-Primed Non-Human Primates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of mycobacteriocidal

From myco- + bacteriocidal.

Questions about mycobacteriocidal

What is mycobacteriocidal the alternative form of?
Mycobacteriocidal is the alternative form of mycobactericidal.

Words near mycobacteriocidal in the dictionary

  1. mycobacteremic
  2. mycobacteria
  3. mycobacterial
  4. mycobacterially
  5. mycobactericidal
  6. mycobacteriocidal
  7. mycobacteriologic
  8. mycobacteriological
  9. mycobacteriologically
  10. mycobacteriologist
  11. mycobacteriologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mycobacteriocidal (page history and authors); mycobactericidal (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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