"spirochetostatic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more spirochetostatic [comparative], most spirochetostatic [superlative]
Etymology: From spirochete + -static (with -o-). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spirochete|static}} spirochete + -static Head templates: {{en-adj}} spirochetostatic (comparative more spirochetostatic, superlative most spirochetostatic)
  1. (medicine, biology) Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them. Categories (topical): Biology, Medicine Coordinate_terms: spirocheticidal (alt: spirochetostatic is to spirocheticidal as bacteriostatic is to bacteriocidal), spirochetocidal, spirochetolytic
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