Bactericidal

Definition: Bactericidal

Bactericidal

Adjective

1. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms.

Specialty Definitions: Bactericidal

Domain	Definitions
Health	Substance lethal to bacteria; substance capable of killing bacteria. (references)
Medicine	Substance lethal to bacteria ; substance capable of killing bacteria. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Bactericidal

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bactericial, by definition, is the ability to kill bacteria using any form. Xenon uses lamps to kill said bacteria.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bactericidal."

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Synonyms: Bactericidal

Synonyms: disinfectant (adj), germicidal (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bactericidal

Specialty definitions using "bactericidal": Benzalkonium Compounds, Benzethonium, Blood Bactericidal Activity ♦ Cefonicid, Chediak-Higashi Syndrome ♦ Immunity, Natural ♦ Norfloxacin ♦ Serum Bactericidal Test. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Bactericidal

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		After use, the diaper changing area should be wiped down with a disinfectant such as household bleach, Lysol* or bactericidal wipes. (references)
		The natural bactericidal activity of human beta defensin-1 is inhibited on CF epithelia because of high extracellular sodium chloride, and correction of the sodium chloride concentration of extracellular fluid holds promise for therapy in CF. Finally, although the feasibility of gene therapy is currently under investigation, this potential "cure" is not anticipated in the near future. (references)
Trade	Kenya	Manufacturers are required to indicate on the labels of all consumables both the date of manufacture and expiry date Labeling for pharmaceutical products should include: therapeutically active substances, inactive ingredients, name and percentage of any bactericidal or bacteriostatic agent, expiry date, batch number, any warnings or precautions, name and business address of manufacturer, and registration number of the product. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Bactericidal

"Bactericidal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bactericidal" is used about 10 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 Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	10	111,207

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

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Expression: Bactericidal

Expressions using "bactericidal": Blood Bactericidal Activity ♦ Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction ♦ Serum Bactericidal Test. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "bactericidal": non-bactericidal.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bactericidal

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bactericidal	2
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Modern Translations: Bactericidal

Language		Translations for "bactericidal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		杀菌. (various references)

Danish		bakteriedraebende middel (bactericide), bakteriedræbende middel (bactericide), bakteridraebende (bactericide), baktericid (bactericide, bacteriocidal). (various references)

Dutch		bacteriedodende stof (bactericide), bacteriedodend (bactericide), bactericide (bactericide, bacteriocidal). (various references)

Finnish		bakterisidinen (bacteriocidal), bakterisidi (bactericide), bakteereita tappava (bacteriocidal). (various references)

French		bactéricide (bactericide, bacteriocidal), substance � activité bactéricide (bactericide). (various references)

German		Bakterizid (bactericide). (various references)

Greek		βακτηριοκτόνος (bacteriocidal), βακτηριοκτόνο (bactericide, germicide), βακτηριδιοκτόνο (bactericide). (various references)

Italian		battericida (bactericide, bacteriocidal). (various references)

Korean		살� (sterilisation, sterilization, Sterilizing). (various references)

Pig Latin		actericidalbay.(various references)

Portuguese		bactericida (bactericide). (various references)

Romanian		bactericid (bactericide, germicide). (various references)

Spanish		bactericida (bactericide, bacteriocidal, germicide). (various references)

Swedish		bakteriedödande (germicidal, germicide). (various references)

Turkish		bakterisit ile ilgili, bakterisit (bactericide). (various references)

Ukranian		бактерицидний (germicidal, germicide). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bactericidal

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bactericidal": bactericidally. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bactericidal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bacteriocidal, batericidal, cancericidal. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bactericidal"

Words rhyming with "bactericidal" (pronounced 'Bac*te"ri*ci`dal'): Barmecidal, Fratricidal, germicidal, homicidal, Infanticidal, Loculicidal, Marginicidal, Matricidal, Parricidal, Patricidal, Regicidal, Septicidal, suicidal, Tyrannicidal, Uxoricidal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Bactericidal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-d-e-i-i-l-r-t"
	-2 letters: calibrated.
	-3 letters: acaricide, bacterial, calibrate, dialectic.
	-4 letters: abdicate, accredit, aecidial, articled, baccated, bacteria, biracial, biradial, bracteal, breccial, calibred, carditic, cartable, ciliated, cricetid, critical, diabetic, diatribe, iatrical, labiated, lacertid, lariated, librated, rabietic, radiable, radicate, raticide, tailrace, tradable, tribadic.
	-5 letters: ablated, abreact, accidia, accidie, acerbic, actable, aecidia, airdate, albitic, alcaide, alibied, article, baccate, baldric, bearcat, bedrail, bracted, brailed, breccia, cabaret, calcite, caldera, caliber, calibre, carabid, carbide, cardiac, cardiae, catbird, cicadae, ciliate, circled, circlet, citable, citadel, craaled, datable, decrial, deictic, deliria, deltaic, dialect, dictier, dilater, driblet, edictal, icicled, icteric, labiate, laterad, librate, radiale, radiate, radical, radicel, radicle, ratable, recital, redbait, redtail, ridable, tiaraed, trailed, triable, triacid, triadic, tribade, triclad.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-d-e-i-i-l-r-t"
	+2 letters: bactericidally.
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