spirochetostatic
English
Etymology
From spirochete + -static (with -o-).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈstætɨk/
Adjective
spirochetostatic (comparative more spirochetostatic, superlative most spirochetostatic)
- (medicine, biology) Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them.
- 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.
Coordinate terms
- spirocheticidal (spirochetostatic is to spirocheticidal as bacteriostatic is to bacteriocidal)
- spirochetocidal
- spirochetolytic