spirochetocidal
English edit
Etymology edit
From spirochete + -cidal (with -o-).
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈsaɪdəl/
Adjective edit
spirochetocidal (comparative more spirochetocidal, superlative most spirochetocidal)
- Alternative form of spirocheticidal.
- 1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin[1], volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:
- As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.