Definition of Bacterial

1. Adjective. Relating to or caused by bacteria. "Bacterial infection"

Partainyms: Bacteria
Derivative terms: Bacteria, Bacterium

Definition of Bacterial

1. a. Of or pertaining to bacteria.

Definition of Bacterial

1. Adjective. (microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bacterial

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bacterial

1. Bacteria are group of micro-organisms that are a single cell approximately 1 micron in transverse diameter. Some bacteria cause disease in man, requiring treatment with an antibiotic. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacterial

bacteraemias
bacteremia
bacteremias
bacteremic
bacteri-
bacteria
bacteria-free stage of bacterial endocarditis
bacteria bed
bacteria family
bacteria genus
bacteria order
bacteria species
bacteriacide
bacteriae
bacteriaemia
bacterial (current term)
bacterial adhesion
bacterial allergy
bacterial antagonism
bacterial capsule
bacterial capsules
bacterial cast
bacterial chemotaxis
bacterial conjunctivitis
bacterial cystitis
bacterial encephalitis
bacterial endarteritis
bacterial endocarditis
bacterial endospore

Literary usage of Bacterial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1995)
"More specific preventive measures are needed for agents for which there is no specific treatment, such as Cryptosporidium. bacterial DIARRHEAS General ..."

2. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"3 1-85% " " While these humus-percentages are not directly proportional to the bacterial content, a favoring effect of high humus-content is clearly shown. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"At the date of the last sampling, three months after the experiment was started, practically all of the green manure had broken down and the bacterial ..."

4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Failure to recognize these different methods by which the body combats bacterial invasion has been the cause of many bitter disappointments in the field of ..."

5. Public Water-supplies: Requirements, Resources, and the Construction of Works by Frederick Eugene Turneaure, Harry Luman Russell, Daniel Webster Mead (1908)
"Scope of bacterial Tests. — The information to be obtained by the various bacterial ... In this respect the bacterial method embracing both quantitative and ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"391), undertook a series of investigations which yielded most striking and important results, wbich indicate that milk with far less bacterial contamination ..."

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