antimicrobial
See also: anti-microbial
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Adjective edit
antimicrobial (not comparable)
- (pharmacology) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
- (pharmacology) inhibiting the growth of microbes
- (pharmacology) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes
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destroying microbes
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inhibiting the growth of microbes
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preventing the pathogenic action of microbes
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Noun edit
antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)
- an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action
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agent that destroys microbes
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antimicrobial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antimicrobiales)