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destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth
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Definitions
- adj. destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth
- n. any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth
- (a) Inimical to bacteria; -- applied esp. to serum for protection against bacterial diseases. (b) Opposed to the bacterial theory of disease.
- j:100 n. any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth a. destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth