bacterize
verbEtymology
Etymology tree 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 *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English bacterize From bacteria + -ize.
- derived from -iserbor
- derived from -izōder
- derived from bactēriabor
- derived from *-yósder✻
Definitions
To treat with bacteria.
- An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end.
- We are going to bacterize about a ton of press cake and try it out on cane in the field, and see if we can notice differences.
- This suspension may also be used to bacterize plants as foliar sprays. Biocontrol agents thus applied have been effective in bringing about significant suppression of several serious foliar rice diseases.
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