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zymocidal

zymocidal adjective: capable of killing yeast.

Adjective

zymocidal (comparative more zymocidal, superlative most zymocidal)

  1. Capable of killing yeast.

Forms of zymocidal

comparativemore zymocidal
superlativemost zymocidal

Origin of zymocidal

From zymo- + -cidal.

Questions about zymocidal

What does zymocidal mean?
Zymocidal means capable of killing yeast.
What part of speech is zymocidal?
Zymocidal is an adjective.

Words near zymocidal in the dictionary

  1. zymins
  2. zymo-
  3. zymo-xyl
  4. zymo-xyls
  5. zymocarpus
  6. zymocidal
  7. zymocide
  8. zymocides
  9. zymocin
  10. zymodeme
  11. zymodemes

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