spirochetocidal
English
Etymology
From spirochete + -cidal (with -o-).
Adjective
spirochetocidal (comparative more spirochetocidal, superlative most spirochetocidal)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈsaɪdəl/
Adjective
spirochetocidal (comparative more spirochetocidal, superlative most spirochetocidal)
- Alternative form of spirocheticidal.
- 1944, Carpenter, Cedric C., “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 2, pages 389-390:
- As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.