bactericidal

English

Alternative forms

• bacteriacidal, bacteriocidal

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yom

Proto-Hellenic *-yon

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.

New Latin bactēriumbor.

English bacteri(um)

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -cīdader.

Middle French -cidebor.

English -cide

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English -cidal

English bactericidal

From bacteri(um) + -cidal.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bactericidal (not comparable)

1. That kills bacteria.
   • 1901 December 20, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Rinderpest”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 21, page 641:

     It would, therefore, have seemed a natural inference that the same agent would exert a similar bactericidal effect when added to other infectious body fluids.

2. Of or pertaining to a bactericide.

Coordinate terms

• bacteristatic
• bacteriostatic

Derived terms

• bactericidally
• cyanobactericidal
• microbactericidal
• mycobactericidal
• nonbactericidal
• photobactericidal

Translations

that kills bacteria

• Catalan: bactericida
• Czech: baktericidní (cs)
• Hungarian: baktericid (hu)
• Irish: baictéiricídeach
• Polish: bakteriobójczy (pl)
• Portuguese: bactericida (pt)
• Russian: бактерици́дный (ru) (baktɛricídnyj)
• Spanish: bactericida (es)

Noun

bactericidal (plural bactericidals)

1. A bactericide.