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Antibacterial

Definitions: Antibacterial

Antibacterial

Adjective

1. Destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth.

Noun

1. Any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Antibacterial

DomainDefinitions

Health

A substance that destroys bacteria or suppresses their growth or reproduction. (references)

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Synonyms: Antibacterial

Synonyms: antibacterial drug (n), bactericide (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Antibacterial

English words defined with "antibacterial": antibacterial drugcephalosporindapsone, Declomycin, demeclocycline hydrochloride, dicloxacillin, DynapenhexachloropheneINH, isoniazidMacrodantin, Mandelamine, Mefoxin, methenaminenalidixic acid, NegGram, nitrofurantoin, NydrazidRifadin, rifampin, Rimactanesilver protein, sulfa, sulfa drug, sulfonamide, sulphaThiosulfilUrex. (references)
Specialty definitions using "antibacterial": Amdinocillin, Antibiotics, Combined, Anti-Infective Agents, FluoroquinoloneBenzoates, Blood Bactericidal ActivityCarfecillin, Cefsulodin, Chloroquinolinols, Clavulanic Acid, Clavulanic Acids, ClindamycinEchinomycin, Edeine, EnoxacinFleroxacinGlucose Oxidase, Glycyrrhetinic AcidImipenem, Inhibitory Concentration 50LeucomycinsMerbrominNetropsin, Nitrovin, Nogalamycin, Norfloxacin, NoxythiolinOfloxacinPefloxacin, Piromidic Acid, ProdigiosinSilver Sulfadiazine, Sulbactam, Sulfamerazine, Sulfamethizole, Sulfamethoxypyridazine, Sulfamonomethoxine, Sulfamoxole, SulfisomidineThienamycins, triclosan, Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Antibacterial

DomainTitle

Books

  • Antibacterial Chemotherapeutic Agents (reference)

  • Antibacterial Peptide Protocols (reference)

  • Antibacterial Strategies (reference)

  • Antibacterial Therapy: Achievements, Problems and Future Perspectives (reference)

  • Antibiotics, Chemotherapeutics, and Antibacterial Agents of Disease (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

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Non-Fiction Usage: Antibacterial

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

UTIs are treated with antibacterial drugs. (references)

The mechanism of action appears to be both antibacterial and antisecretory. (references)

Systemic infection usually presents as fever and chills unresponsive to antibacterial therapy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Antibacterial

"Antibacterial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Antibacterial" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5147,619

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Antibacterial

Expression using "antibacterial": antibacterial drug. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Antibacterial

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

antibacterial soap

44

antibacterial hand soap

3

antibacterial

20

antibacterial laundry detergent

3

antibacterial product

14

antibacterial cleaners

3

antibacterial wipe

5

antibacterial windex

2

antibacterial cat liquid pet spray

4

antibacterial drug

2

antibacterial lotion

4

anti antibacterial bacterial detergent

2

antibacterial solution

4

antibacterial honey

2

antibacterial medical soap

4

antibacterial hand sanitizer

2

antibacterial cleaning

4

antibacterial cleanser

2

antibacterial herb

4

antibacterial gel

2

antibacterial spray

4

dial antibacterial soap

2

antibacterial agent

3

antibacterial escherichia extract plant

2
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Modern Translations: Antibacterial

Language Translations for "antibacterial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

抗菌 (antimicrobial). (various references)

   

Danish

  

antibakteriel (bacteria-destroying substance). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

antibacterieel. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

bakteerilääke. (various references)

   

French

  

antibactérien (anti-bacterial), antibactérien. (various references)

   

German

  

antibakteriell. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντιβακτηριακό, αντιμικροβιακός. (various references)

   

Italian

  

antibatterico. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

抗菌性 , 抗菌 (antimicrobial). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うき"せい, "うき" (antimicrobial, bank money, intern, public funds). (various references)

   

Manx

  

noi-vacteyragh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

antibacterialay

   

Portuguese

  

antibacteriano (anti-bacterial), antibacterial. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

антибактериальный. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

antibacteriano. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

antibakteriyel. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Antibacterial

Derivations

Words beginning with "antibacterial": antibacterials. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Antibacterial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antibacteria, antibacterials. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Antibacterial"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "antibacterial" (pronounced a'ntēbakti"rēul)
9-b a k t i" r ē u lbacterial.
6-t i" r ē u larterial, biomaterial, immaterial, material.
5-i" r ē u lcereal, ethereal, imperial, managerial, serial, venereal.
4-r ē u lactuarial, adversarial, advertorial, aerial, ambassadorial, arboreal, Ariel, burial, conspiratorial, curatorial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, endometrial, equatorial, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, gubernatorial, immemorial, industrial, janitorial, magisterial, malarial, memorial, mercurial, ministerial, nomenclatorial, pictorial, professorial, prosecutorial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, secretarial, senatorial, terrestrial, territorial, tutorial, vitriol.
3-ē u ladverbial, alluvial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, bronchial, centennial, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, convivial, custodial, decennial, entrepreneurial, filial, fluvial, intracranial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, marsupial, matrilineal, matrimonial, medial, menial, microbial, millennial, myocardial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, proverbial, pseudopodial, quadrennial, radial, remedial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, vestigial.

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Anagrams: Antibacterial

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-i-i-l-n-r-t-t"

-2 letters: intractable.

-3 letters: abacterial, attainable, italianate.

-4 letters: bacterial, cabaletta, calibrate, cantabile, intricate, laciniate, lateritic, tractable, trainable, triticale.

-5 letters: actiniae, alterant, anabatic, analcite, analecta, attainer, bacteria, bacterin, balancer, barnacle, battalia, bilinear, biracial, bracteal, bractlet, brainiac, brantail, brattice, cabretta, carabine, carinate, cartable, clarinet, craniate, iatrical, inarable, inertial, interact, irenical, laitance, libretti, literati, rabietic, reactant, reattain, tailrace, tantalic.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-i-i-l-n-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: antibacterials.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Antibacterial


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6E 74 69 62 61 63 74 65 72 69 61 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100010 01100001 01100011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006E 0074 0069 0062 0061 0063 0074 0065 0072 0069 0061 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35808675686769867184756778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
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Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;