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staphylocidal

staphylocidal adjective: killing staphylococci.

Adjective

staphylocidal (comparative more staphylocidal, superlative most staphylocidal)

  1. Killing staphylococci.

Forms of staphylocidal

comparativemore staphylocidal
superlativemost staphylocidal

Questions about staphylocidal

What does staphylocidal mean?
Staphylocidal means killing staphylococci.
What part of speech is staphylocidal?
Staphylocidal is an adjective.

Words near staphylocidal in the dictionary

  1. staphylinoid
  2. staphylinoids
  3. staphylitis
  4. staphylo-
  5. staphylobactin
  6. staphylocidal
  7. staphylocoagulase
  8. staphylococcal
  9. staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  10. staphylococcemia
  11. staphylococcemias

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