antimicrobial
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Synonyms: anti-microbial, antimicrobic, antimicrobials
Antonyms: anti-microbial, antimicrobic, antimicrobials
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Adjective
- {{lb|en|pharmaceutical effect}} Tending to destroy or capable of destroying [[microbe]]s.
- {{lb|en|pharmaceutical effect}} Inhibiting the growth of microbes.
- {{lb|en|pharmaceutical effect}} Preventing or counteracting the [[pathogenic]] action of microbes.
Noun
- An agent (drug or other substance) that destroys microbes (i.e., [[kill off|kills off]] a [[population]] of them).
- An agent (drug or other substance) that inhibits the growth of microbes but does not kill their whole population.
- An agent (drug or other substance) that counteracts the pathogenic action of microbes.
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