Look up: antimicrobial

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   antimicrobial
   [adj] - capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
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   Antimicrobial
   destroying or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
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   Antimicrobial
   An agent that destroys bacteria, fungi, protozoa or any virus that is pathogenic
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   Antimicrobial
   An agent that inhibits the growth or multiplication of microorganisms, or kills them.
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   Antimicrobial
   Antimicrobial: A drug used to treat a microbial infection. 'Antimicrobial' is a general term that refers to a group of drugs that includes antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoals, and antivirals.
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   antimicrobial
   <microbiology, pharmacology> A drug for killing microorganisms or suppressing their multiplication or growth. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   antimicrobial
   antimicrobic adjective capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
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   Antimicrobial
   An `antimicrobial` is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microbes such as bacteria, fungi, or viruses. Antimicrobial drugs either kill microbes (microbicidal) or prevent the growth of microbes (microbistatic). The history of antimicrobials begins with the observations of Pasteur and Joubert, who discovered that one type of bacteria could prevent the growth of another. They did not know at that time that the reason one bacteria fail...
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   antimicrobial
   (an″te-) (an″ti-mi-kro´be-әl) killing microorganisms, or suppressing their multiplication or growth. antimicrobial agent.
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    antimicrobial
    killing microorganisms, or suppressing their multiplication or growth.
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    antimicrobial
    Tending to destroy microbes, to prevent their multiplication or growth, or to prevent their pathogenic action.
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