bactericidal

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Those findings suggested a bactericidal activity against the pathogen.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Hollmann tested her treatment on his patients, and he saw that the ethyl esters were bactericidal, capable of killing bacteria.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

While studies conducted up until the 1960s found little evidence supporting an antibacterial role for cerumen, more recent studies have found that cerumen provides some bactericidal protection against some strains of bacteria.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

We have identified and characterized the indolcarboxamides as a new class of antitubercular bactericidal agent.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 4, 2013

When the stagnant fluid is got rid of by laparotomy, the parts are immediately douched with lymph charged with protective substances, the bactericidal power of which may be many times that of the fluid displaced.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis