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phagocidal

phagocidal adjective: that destroys or inactivates bacteriophages.

Adjective

phagocidal (not comparable)

  1. That destroys or inactivates bacteriophages.
    • Evaluation of the antiviral activity of tea tree and eucalyptus EOs aerosolised via a nebuliser showed strong virucidal activity against airborne influenza virus A strain [13] and phagocidal activity against E. coli phage M13 [14].2021 October 28, Ekaterina Mirskaya, Igor E. Agranovski, “Control of Airborne Microorganisms by Essential Oils Released by VaxiPod”, in Atmosphere, volume 12, number 11, →DOI, page 3

Origin of phagocidal

From phage + -cidal.

Questions about phagocidal

What does phagocidal mean?
Phagocidal means that destroys or inactivates bacteriophages.
What part of speech is phagocidal?
Phagocidal is an adjective.

Words near phagocidal in the dictionary

  1. Phagiphany
  2. phagism
  3. phagnalon
  4. phagnalons
  5. phago-
  6. phagocidal
  7. phagocytability
  8. phagocytable
  9. phagocytal
  10. phagocytary
  11. phagocytation

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