antimicrobial

See also: anti-microbial

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Etymology

anti- + microbial

Adjective

antimicrobial (not comparable)

  1. (pharmacology) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
  2. (pharmacology) inhibiting the growth of microbes
  3. (pharmacology) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

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Noun

antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)

  1. an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action

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