antimicrobial

See also: anti-microbial

English

Alternative forms

• anti-microbial

Etymology

anti- +‎ microbial

Adjective

antimicrobial (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
2. (pharmacology) inhibiting the growth of microbes
3. (pharmacology) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

Synonyms

• antimicrobic

Derived terms

• antimicrobicide
• multiantimicrobial
• nonantimicrobial
• photoantimicrobial
• subantimicrobial

 

Translations

destroying microbes

• Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin)
• Basque: antimikrobiar
• Catalan: antimicrobià
• Czech: antimikrobiální
• Estonian: antimikroobne
• Finnish: antimikrobinen
• French: antimicrobien (fr)
• Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli)
• German: antimikrobiell
• Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós)
• Irish: frithmhiocróbach
• Italian: antimicrobico (it)
• Portuguese: antimicrobiano
• Russian: антимикро́бный (ru) (antimikróbnyj), противомикро́бный (ru) (protivomikróbnyj)
• Spanish: antimicrobiano

inhibiting the growth of microbes

• Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin)
• Basque: antimikrobiar
• Estonian: antimikroobne
• Finnish: antimikrobinen
• French: antimicrobien (fr)
• Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli)
• German: antimikrobiell
• Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós)
• Irish: frithmhiocróbach
• Italian: antimicrobico (it)
• Portuguese: antimicrobiano
• Russian: антимикро́бный (ru) (antimikróbnyj), противомикро́бный (ru) (protivomikróbnyj)

preventing the pathogenic action of microbes

• Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin)
• Basque: antimikrobiar
• Estonian: antimikroobne
• Finnish: antimikrobinen
• French: antimicrobien (fr)
• Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli)
• German: antimikrobiell
• Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós)
• Irish: frithmhiocróbach
• Italian: antimicrobico (it)
• Portuguese: antimicrobiano
• Russian: антимикро́бный (ru) (antimikróbnyj), противомикро́бный (ru) (protivomikróbnyj)

Noun

antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)

1. an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action

Translations

agent that destroys microbes

• Catalan: antimicrobià m
• French: antimicrobien (fr)
• Indonesian: antimikroba
• Portuguese: antimicrobiano m
• Spanish: antimicrobiano m

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antimikɾoˈbjal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.mi.kɾoˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧mi‧cro‧bial

Adjective

antimicrobial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antimicrobiales)

1. antimicrobial