bacterialess en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English bacterialess From bacteria + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) without bacteria.
As 606 has been succeeded by 1001, or something to that effect, so have bacterial products been succeeded by bacterialess products known as "Phylacogens".
1913, The Homœopathic Recorder, page 117:A bacterialess earth and a bacterialess ocean would soon be uninhabitable either for plants or animals; conversely, it is probable that bacteria-like organisms prepared both the earth and the ocean for the further evolution of plants and animals, and that life passed through a very long bacterial stage.
1917, Henry Fairfield Osborn, The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and Interaction of Energy, London G. Bell, published 1918, page 80:You may have it bacterialess through one filter and 50 or 100 coming away in another one side by side.
1900, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional Papers, page 263:
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pl bezbakteryjny (Translations)