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Definition of Bactericide

1. Noun. Any chemical agent that destroys bacteria.

2. Noun. Any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth.

Definition of Bactericide

1. n. Same as Germicide.

Definition of Bactericide

1. Noun. Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bactericide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bactericide

1. A substance that kills bacteria. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bactericide

bacterial typing techniques bacterial vaccines bacterial vegetations bacterial virus bacterial wilt disease bacterialization bacterializations bacterially bacterials bacterias

bacteric bactericholia bactericidal bactericidally bactericide (current term) bactericides bactericidin bactericidins bacterid bacteriemia

bacterin bacterins bacterio- bacterioagglutinin bacteriochlorin bacteriochlorophyll bacteriochlorophyll a synthase bacteriochlorophylls bacteriocidal

Literary usage of Bactericide

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1897)
"Some of the instances in which this bactericide property was present in the serum ... At first it was thought that this bactericide property might largely ..."

2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"Hume's work is the best evidence at hand that his solution does not act as a bactericide agent, but the effect is due, first, to an increase of leucocytes ..."

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