antimicrobial
See also: anti-microbial
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
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
Synonyms
Translations
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
antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)
- an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action
Translations
agent that destroys microbes
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