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What does bactericidal mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bactericidal? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. That kills bacteria.
  2. Of or pertaining to a bactericide.
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They experimented by omitting the use of dressings and, instead inserted drains using bactericidal fluids.
Once the bacterium is within the macrophage, the macrophage's bactericidal mechanisms destroy the microbe.
The bactericidal power of blood-serum from both alcohol-drinking and non-drinking persons was determined by some experiments.
There is a vast amount of testimony which proves the bactericidal action of light.
It is also a bactericidal agent among other antimicrobial agents, such as penicillin, sulfa, and tetracycline.
Several drugs have been shown to derange macrophage functions, bactericidal efficacy and production and secretion of cytokines.

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