antimicrobial
See also: anti-microbial
English
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editantimicrobial (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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editdestroying 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
editantimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)
- an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action
Translations
editagent that destroys microbes
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Spanish
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editantimicrobial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antimicrobiales)
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