antibacterial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria English -al English bacterial English antibacterial From anti- + bacterial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Killing or inhibiting bacteria.
This drug has an antibacterial effect.
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
- (archaic, not-comparable) Opposing the theory that diseases are caused by bacteria.
Deriveds
antibacterially · nonantibacterial
Translations (21)
ca antibacterià (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · pl antybakteryjny (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · pt antibacteriano (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · mi patu huakita (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · fi antibakteerinen (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · tl laban-ishayin (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · it antibatterico (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · ja 抗菌性 (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · ro antibacterian (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · io antibakteria (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · ru антибактериальный (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · es antibacteriano (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · ko 항균성 (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · cmn 抗菌 (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · pl antybakteriologiczny (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · cs antibakteriální (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · de antibakteriell (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · es antibacterial (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · pl przeciwbakteryjny (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · fr antibactérien (killing or inhibiting bacteria) · ga frithbhaictéarach (killing or inhibiting bacteria)