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perimicrobial

perimicrobial adjective: surrounding a microbe; especially surrounding a bacterium within a higher organism.

Adjective

perimicrobial (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a microbe; especially surrounding a bacterium within a higher organism.

Origin of perimicrobial

From peri- + microbial.

Words formed from perimicrobial

  • perimicrobial membrane

Questions about perimicrobial

What does perimicrobial mean?
Perimicrobial means surrounding a microbe; especially surrounding a bacterium within a higher organism.
What part of speech is perimicrobial?
Perimicrobial is an adjective.

Words near perimicrobial in the dictionary

  1. perimetrist
  2. perimetrists
  3. perimetrium
  4. perimetropolitan
  5. perimetry
  6. perimicrobial
  7. perimicrovilar
  8. perimicrovillar
  9. perimidine
  10. perimidines
  11. perimineralization

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