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Definition of Antimicrobial

1. Noun. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease.

2. Adjective. Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms.

Definition of Antimicrobial

1. Adjective. tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes ¹

2. Adjective. inhibiting the growth of microbes ¹

3. Adjective. preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antimicrobial

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Antimicrobial

1. A drug for killing microorganisms or suppressing their multiplication or growth. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antimicrobial

antimetaboles antimetabolic antimetabolite antimetabolites antimetaphorical antimetaphysical antimetastasis antimetastatic antimetathesis antimeter

antimeters antimetric antimetrical antimetropia antimicrobe antimicrobial (current term) antimicrobial spectrum antimicrobials antimicrobic antimicrobics

antimicrotubule antimigraine antimilitant antimilitarism antimilitarisms antimilitarist antimilitarists antimilitary antimilk antimine

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