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Answer for the clue "Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA ", 6 letters:
sulpha

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA [syn: sulfa drug , sulfa , sulfonamide ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context pharmacology English) Of or containing sulphanilamide. alt. (context pharmacology English) Of or containing sulphanilamide.

Usage examples of sulpha.

More as a gesture than anything else, I left the farmer some sulpha powders to give her three times a day.

In humans and most animals the sulpha drugs, and now penicillin, have changed the picture completely, but dogs are still very difficult to cure.

Then he tapped sulpha dust into the wound and bound up the head neatly and expertly, put surgical plaster over the cut across the ribs and stood up and took Kissy outside the cave.

And even now unknown in this day of sulpha drugs and five-hundred-mile-an-hour airplanes.