"bactericidal" meaning in English

See bactericidal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bactericidal.wav Forms: bacteriacidal [alternative], bacteriocidal [alternative]
Etymology: From bacteri(um) + -cidal. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bacterium|-cidal|alt1=bacteri(um)}} bacteri(um) + -cidal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bactericidal (not comparable)
  1. That kills bacteria. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Death Translations (that kills bacteria): baktericidní (Czech), baktericid (Hungarian), baictéiricídeach (Irish), bakteriobójczy (Polish), bactericida (Portuguese), бактерици́дный (baktɛricídnyj) (Russian), bactericida (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bactericidal-en-adj-CMWOJo15 Disambiguation of Death: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of 'that kills bacteria': 99 1
  2. Of or pertaining to a bactericide. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-bactericidal-en-adj-2IdRy6SY Disambiguation of Death: 71 12 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bactericidally, cyanobactericidal, microbactericidal, mycobactericidal, nonbactericidal, photobactericidal Coordinate_terms: bacteristatic, bacteriostatic

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bactericidal.wav Forms: bactericidals [plural], bacteriacidal [alternative], bacteriocidal [alternative]
Etymology: From bacteri(um) + -cidal. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bacterium|-cidal|alt1=bacteri(um)}} bacteri(um) + -cidal Head templates: {{en-noun}} bactericidal (plural bactericidals)
  1. A bactericide. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-bactericidal-en-noun-W1m5qrox Disambiguation of Death: 71 12 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cidal, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 37 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cidal: 19 28 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 35 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 34 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 32 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 31 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 29 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 31 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 30 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 30 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 27 67

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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