antimicrobial

antimicrobial

See also: anti-microbial

English

Alternative forms

• anti-microbial

Etymology

anti- +‎ microbial

Adjective

antimicrobial (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
2. (pharmacology) inhibiting the growth of microbes
3. (pharmacology) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

Synonyms

• antimicrobic

Translations

destroying microbes

Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin) Basque: antimikrobiar Catalan: antimicrobià Czech: antimikrobiální Estonian: antimikroobne Finnish: antimikrobinen French: antimicrobien (fr)

Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli) German: antimikrobiell Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós) Irish: frithmhiocróbach Portuguese: antimicrobiano Spanish: antimicrobiano

inhibiting the growth of microbes

Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin) Basque: antimikrobiar Estonian: antimikroobne Finnish: antimikrobinen French: antimicrobien (fr)

Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli) German: antimikrobiell Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós) Irish: frithmhiocróbach Portuguese: antimicrobiano

preventing the pathogenic action of microbes

Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin) Basque: antimikrobiar Estonian: antimikroobne Finnish: antimikrobinen French: antimicrobien (fr)

Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli) German: antimikrobiell Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós) Irish: frithmhiocróbach Portuguese: antimicrobiano

Noun

antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)

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

Translations

agent that destroys microbes

Catalan: antimicrobià m French: antimicrobien (fr)

Portuguese: antimicrobiano m Spanish: antimicrobiano m