GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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Antibacterial (?), a. (Med.) (a) killing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria; -- applied also to serum for protection against bacterial diseases. (b) Opposed to the bacterial theory of disease. [archaic]

    [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

    
      
    
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Antibacterial (?), n. (Med.) a chemical substance which kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria.

    [PJC]

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