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bactericidal

[ bak-teer-uh-sahyd-l ]

adjective

Pharmacology.
  1. killing bacteria; capable of or used for killing bacteria:

    Silver is used in water filtration because it is known to be a solid bactericidal agent.

    Eventually the bactericidal action of the chemical sanitizer may be exhausted.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bactericidal1

First recorded in 1875–80; bacteri(um) ( def ) + -cidal ( def )
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Those findings suggested a bactericidal activity against the pathogen.

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Hollmann tested her treatment on his patients, and he saw that the ethyl esters were bactericidal, capable of killing bacteria.

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Otolaryngologist Noam Cohen of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues determined that tuft cells in the nasal passages respond to bitter chemicals and release IL-25, spurring neighboring cells to pump out bactericidal proteins.

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Second, North points to the 1980s fashion among food manufacturers, at the supermarkets’ behest, for a blander, lower-vinegar mayonnaise: “Mrs Beeton’s classic mayonnaise recipe was actively bactericidal.â€

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Other perchlorates found on Mars had a similar bactericidal effect.

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