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antibacterial

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ (băktērĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English bacterial English antibacterial From anti- + bacterial.

  1. derived from -al English -al English bacterial English antibacterial From anti- + bacterial
  2. derived from -ālisbor
  3. derived from -ālis Old French -elbor
  4. derived from -albor
  5. derived from *-ālis Latin -ālisbor✻
  6. derived from bacteria Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der
  7. derived from bactēriabor
  8. derived from *-yósder✻
  9. derived from *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider✻

Definitions

  1. Killing or inhibiting bacteria.

    • This drug has an antibacterial effect.
    • Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.

  2. Opposing the theory that diseases are caused by bacteria.

  3. A drug having the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria.

    • Many household products contain antibacterials.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for antibacterial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA