Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destructive to bacteria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destructive of bacteria.
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- adjective That kills
bacteria . - adjective Of or pertaining to a
bactericide .
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- adjective preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
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Examples
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It becomes "bactericidal," produces a bactericidal poison (called an alexin) which is usually present in normal blood, but is greatly increased when large numbers of certain poisonous microbes (_e. g._ those of typhoid fever) get into the blood.
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The two antibiotic products tested had some antibacterial effectiveness against the superbug while Staphaseptic had a genuine "bactericidal" effect - meaning it killed the MRSA bacteria and reduced the number by a factor of 1,000.
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Many bleaches have strong bactericidal properties, and are used for disinfecting and sterilizing.
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It was bactericidal, meaning that it killed organisms outright rather than just slowing down the growth of a bacterial population as some other antibiotics did.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Daptomycin exerts bactericidal activity without lysis of Staphylococcus aureus.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Daptomycin exerts bactericidal activity without lysis of Staphylococcus aureus.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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It was bactericidal, meaning that it killed organisms outright rather than just slowing down the growth of a bacterial population as some other antibiotics did.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Daptomycin exerts bactericidal activity without lysis of Staphylococcus aureus.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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It was bactericidal, meaning that it killed organisms outright rather than just slowing down the growth of a bacterial population as some other antibiotics did.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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I refuse to be Polly Prissypants, walking around my own home wearing a bactericidal mask, having Howard Hughes-like soups prepared in a sterile dish.
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