Meanings
adjectivemicrobactericidal (not comparable)
- not comparablebactericidal to microbacteria
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- 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
- Englishmicrobactericidal
From micro- + bactericidal.
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microbactericidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbactericidal
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“microbactericidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbactericidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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