bacteriostatic
Adjective
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Adjective
bacteriostatic
- Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 438:
- All these compounds were bacteriostatic, affecting the bacterial metabolism and preventing its multiplication in the host, thereby permitting natural body defences to succeed against the invader.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 438:
- French: bactériostatique
- German: bakteriostatisch
- Italian: batteriostatico
- Portuguese: bacteriostático
- Spanish: bacteriostático
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