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pilicides

pilicides is the plural of pilicide.

Meaning of pilicide

Noun

pilicide (plural pilicides)

  1. Any of several substances that reduce the number of hairlike pili on the surface of bacteria and thus reduce its ability to adhere to human tissue.

Questions about pilicides

What is pilicides the plural of?
Pilicides is the plural of pilicide.

Words near pilicides in the dictionary

  1. piliated
  2. piliation
  3. Pilibhit
  4. Pilibosian
  5. pilicide
  6. pilicides
  7. pilicock
  8. pilicocks
  9. pilid
  10. pilidia
  11. pilidial

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