BACTERIOSTATIC

Meaning of BACTERIOSTATIC in English

an agent that inhibits bacterial growth or reproduction but does not kill bacteria. Contrast with bactericide.

AIDS English Glossary. Английский словарь СПИДа. 2012

BACTERIOSTATIC — adjective see: bacteriostat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BACTERIOSTATIC — I. adjective see bacteriostasis II. noun see bacteriostat
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACTERIOSTATIC — adj. slows or inhibits the growth of bacteria
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACTERIOSTATIC — see bacteriostat
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BACTERIOSTATIC — A substance that inhibits bacterial growth but is not necessarily lethal.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
BACTERIOSTATIC — бактериостатический
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BACTERIOSTATIC — бактериостатический
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BACTERIOSTATIC — бактериостатический, препятствующий размножению бактерий
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
BACTERIOSTATIC — бактериостатик (вещество, ингибирующее рост бактерий)
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
THIMEROSAL — noun Etymology: probably from thi- + mercury + -o- + salicylate Date: 1949 a crystalline organic mercurial antiseptic C 9 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SULFONAMIDE — ˌsəlˈfänəˌmīd, -fōn-, ˌsəlfəˈnaˌm-, -_mə̇d noun Etymology: sulfon- + amide : the amide of a sulfonic acid characterized by the grouping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SULFA DRUG — noun : any of a class of synthetic organic antibacterial usually crystalline drugs (as sulfadiazine or sulfathiazole) that are sulfonamides …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENICILLIN — ˌpenəˈsilə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: penicill- (from New Latin Penicillium ) + -in 1. : a mixture of antibiotic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NITROFURAZONE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfyu̇rəˌzōn noun ( -s ) Etymology: nitr- + fur- + semicarb azone : a pale yellow crystalline compound O 2 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MANDELIC ACID — manˈdelik-, -dēlik- noun Etymology: part translation of German mandelsäure, from mandel almond (from Medieval Latin mandala, alteration of Late Latin …
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IN VIVO — (ˈ)inˈvē(ˌ)vō adverb (or adjective) Etymology: New Latin, literally, in that which is alive : in the living body of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACTERIOSTAT — bakˈtirēōˌstat noun also bac·te·rio·stat·ic ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈstad.ik ( -s ) Etymology: bacteriostatic, adjective : an agent that causes bacteriostasis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SULFA DRUG — Pharm. any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACTERIOSTASIS — — bacteriostatic /bak tear'ee euh stat"ik/ , adj. — bacteriostatically , adv. /bak tear'ee euh stay"sis/ , n. the prevention …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THIMEROSAL — noun Etymology: probably from thi- + mer cury + -o- + sal icylate Date: 1949 : a crystalline organic mercurial …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ISONIAZID — [ ˌʌɪsə(ʊ)'nʌɪəzɪd ] ■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used as a bacteriostatic drug, chiefly to treat tuberculosis. Origin 1950s: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THIMEROSAL — [thi.mer.o.sal] n [prob. fr. thi- + mercury + -o- + salicylate] (1949): a crystalline organic mercurial antiseptic used esp. for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TETRACYCLINE — any of a group of antibiotic compounds that have a common basic structure and are either isolated directly from several …
Britannica English vocabulary
SULFONAMIDE — also spelled Sulphonamide, any member of a class of chemical compounds, the amides of sulfonic acids. The class includes several …
Britannica English vocabulary
SULFA DRUG — in full sulfonamide drug, sulfa also spelled sulpha, any member of a group of synthetic antibacterial drugs containing the sulfanilamide …
Britannica English vocabulary
ERYTHROMYCIN — antibiotic synthesized by a soil organism, Streptomyces erythraeus. Erythromycin, which interferes with the synthesis of certain vital proteins in some …
Britannica English vocabulary
BACTERIOSTASIS — n. the inhibition of the growth of bacteria without destroying them. bacteriostatic adj.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BACTERIOSTASIS — n. the inhibition of the growth of bacteria without destroying them. Derivatives: bacteriostatic adj.
Oxford English vocab
ANTIBIOTIC — Synonyms and related words : Chloromycetin, Terramycin, acaricide, actinomycin, alexipharmic, amphotericin, antacid, anthelmintic, antidotal, antimicrobial, antipyretic, antiseptic, antitoxic, bacitracin, bacteriostatic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANTACID — Synonyms and related words : acid, acidity, agent, alexipharmic, alkali, alkalinity, alkalizer, alloisomer, anion, annulling, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antidotal, antidote, antimicrobial, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACTERICIDE — an agent that kills or neutralizes bacteria. Contrast with bacteriostatic.
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