Meanings
alternative bacteriacidal · alternative bacteriocidal
- not comparableThat kills bacteria.
It would, therefore, have seemed a natural inference that the same agent would exert a similar bactericidal effect when added to other infectious body fluids.
1901 December 20, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Rinderpest”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 21, page 641 - not comparableOf or pertaining to a bactericide.
plural bactericidals · alternative bacteriacidal · alternative bacteriocidal
- A bactericide.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepreventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactērium
- Englishbacteri(um)
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
- Proto-Italic*kaidō
- Latincaedō
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishbactericidal
From bacteri(um) + -cidal.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan bactericida
- bactericidathat kills bacteria
Czech baktericidní
- baktericidníthat kills bacteria
Hungarian baktericid
- baktericidthat kills bacteria
Irish baictéiricídeach
- baictéiricídeachthat kills bacteria
Polish bakteriobójczy
- bakteriobójczythat kills bacteria
Portuguese bactericida
- bactericidathat kills bacteria
Russian бактерици́дный
- бактерици́дный (baktɛricídnyj)that kills bacteria
Spanish bactericida
- bactericidathat kills bacteria
Cite this entry
bactericidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bactericidal
“bactericidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bactericidal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bactericidal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bactericidal.
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