"bacteriostatic" meaning in English

See bacteriostatic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more bacteriostatic [comparative], most bacteriostatic [superlative]
Etymology: From bacterio- + -static. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|bacterio-|-static}} bacterio- + -static Head templates: {{en-adj}} bacteriostatic (comparative more bacteriostatic, superlative most bacteriostatic)
  1. Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them. Categories (topical): Microbiology Derived forms: bacteriostatically, mycobacteriostatic, nonbacteriostatic Translations (of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat): bactériostatique (French), bakteriostatisch (German), bakteriosztatikus (Hungarian), batteriostatico (Italian), bakteriostatyczny (Polish), bacteriostático (Portuguese), bacteriostático (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bacteriostatic-en-adj--Gh1-oaH Disambiguation of Microbiology: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bacterio-, English terms suffixed with -static, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bacterio-: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -static: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bacteristatic

Noun

Forms: bacteriostatics [plural]
Etymology: From bacterio- + -static. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|bacterio-|-static}} bacterio- + -static Head templates: {{en-noun}} bacteriostatic (plural bacteriostatics)
  1. An agent (drug or other substance) that is bacteriostatic.
    Sense id: en-bacteriostatic-en-noun-HFn0GjtY Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bacteristatic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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