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Definition of Bactericidal
1. Adjective. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms.
Similar to: Antiseptic
Derivative terms: Bactericide, Bactericide, Disinfect, Disinfectant, Germicide
Definition of Bactericidal
1. a. Destructive of bacteria.
Definition of Bactericidal
1. Adjective. That kills bacteria. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a bactericide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bactericidal
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Bactericidal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bactericidal
Literary usage of Bactericidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1899)
"It occurred to us that the weaker bactericidal action observed by us may have
... The assumption that inanition might reduce the bactericidal action of the ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"During the twenty years that have elapsed since then many attempts have been made
to investigate the factors causing this bactericidal property, ..."
3. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Immunity and the bactericidal Properties of Blood Serum The increased bactericidal
properties of the serum in animals im= munized against cholera, typhoid, ..."
4. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"Phagocytic origin of the bactericidal substance.—Theory of the secretion of the
... Comparison of the bactericidal power of serums and of blood plasmas. ..."
5. Manual of bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1907)
"In certain instances an analogous condition appears to obtain in a normal
bactericidal serum. For example the dog's serum ..."
6. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"In many infections and particularly in those produced by the pneumococcus, the
streptococcus and the anthrax bacillus, the bactericidal properties of the ..."
7. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1920)
"gave a positive Schick reaction (GDH) had high bactericidal power against the
Bacillus diphtheria;, while the other (LSB), which gave a negative Schick ..."
8. Collected Studies on Immunity by Paul Ehrlich (1906)
"THE TECHNIQUE OF bactericidal TEST- TUBE EXPERIMENTS. By Professor M. NEISSER,
Member of the Institute. IN order to measure the bactericidal power of a ..."
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