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spirocheticidal

/ˌspaɪroʊˌkitɪˈsaɪdəl/

spirocheticidal adjective: killing spirochetes.

Adjective

spirocheticidal (comparative more spirocheticidal, superlative most spirocheticidal)

  1. Killing spirochetes.
    • Penicillin was found to be actively spirocheticidal in vitro against the Reiter, Kazan, Nichols, and Noguchi strains of so called S. pallida, and a strain of mouth spirochetes.1944, H Eagle, AD Musselman, “The spirocheticidal action of penicillin in vitro and its temperature coefficient”, in Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 80, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 493–505
    Synonyms:
    spirochetolytic

Synonyms of spirocheticidal

Forms of spirocheticidal

comparativemore spirocheticidal
superlativemost spirocheticidal
alternative formspirochetocidal

Origin of spirocheticidal

From spirochete + -icidal.

Questions about spirocheticidal

What does spirocheticidal mean?
Spirocheticidal means killing spirochetes.
What part of speech is spirocheticidal?
Spirocheticidal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce spirocheticidal?
Spirocheticidal is pronounced /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitɪˈsaɪdəl/.

Words near spirocheticidal in the dictionary

  1. spirochetemia
  2. spirochetemias
  3. spirochetemic
  4. spirochetes
  5. spirochetic
  6. spirocheticidal
  7. spirocheticide
  8. spirocheticides
  9. spirochetocidal
  10. spirochetocide
  11. spirochetocides

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