bactericidal
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Etymology[edit]
From bacteri(um) + -cidal.
Adjective[edit]
bactericidal (not comparable)
- That kills bacteria.
- 1901 December 20, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Rinderpest”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 21, page 641:
- It would, therefore, have seemed a natural inference that the same agent would exert a similar bactericidal effect when added to other infectious body fluids.
- Of or pertaining to a bactericide.
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that kills bacteria
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Noun[edit]
bactericidal (plural bactericidals)
- A bactericide.