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
What is true of the bactericidal action of the salts of mercury is equally true of their therapeutic effect.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
