Meanings
adjectivespirochetocidal (comparative more spirochetocidal, superlative most spirochetocidal)
comparative more spirochetocidal · superlative most spirochetocidal
- alternativeAlternative form of spirocheticidal.
As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.
1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390
Origin
From spirochete + -cidal (with -o-).
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