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bacteriostasis

noun
/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌsteɪ.sɪs/

Etymology

From bacterio- + stasis.

  1. derived from στάσις
  2. borrowed from stasis
  3. prefixed as bacteriostasis — “bacterio + stasis”

Definitions

  1. A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth,…

    A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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