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Word: antimicrobial (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • inhibiting the growth of microbes
  • preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes
  • tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes

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Noun:

  • an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action

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