Crossword clues for antibacterial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antibacterial \An`ti*bac*te"ri*al\, a. (Med.)
killing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria; -- applied also to serum for protection against bacterial diseases.
Opposed to the bacterial theory of disease. [archaic]
Antibacterial \An`ti*bac*te"ri*al\, n. (Med.) a chemical substance which kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria.
Wiktionary
a. Killing or inhibiting bacteria. n. (context pharmacology English) A drug having the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria.
WordNet
adj. destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth
n. any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth [syn: antibacterial drug, bactericide]
Usage examples of "antibacterial".
We forget that antibacterial defenses were developed by bacteria themselves long before the evolution of plant or animal life on Earth.
He was sent home for a week with instructions to carry on washing with the antibacterial agents.
He covered the area with some antibacterial cream and a small bit of gauze.
But the alcohol would disinfect the wound and he could put some of the antibacterial cream on it afterward.
When you do that, you remover debris, stimulate small glands to secrete oil for a tear film that covers the eyes like Saran Wrap, and simulate your own tears, which are antibacterial and hydrate the cornea.
They spent the night in an anonymous, small hospedaje outside Santiago de Compostela, where she immediately set to work dressing his shoulder wound, cleansing it with peroxide she had purchased at a farmacia, suturing it and applying an antibacterial ointment.
Sophisticated antibacterial and painkilling drugs were no use without the means to inject them.
I used disinfectant soap with cold water to wash it out, then slathered it in an antibacterial gel before laying several plastic bandages over the injury, to hold it closed.
Stripping off gloves and mask, I washed with antibacterial soap and threw a lab coat over my scrubs.
Refilling the tub, she doused some liquid antibacterial soap into the warm water.
He put some antibacterial cream on the cuts, wincing at the stinging pain, and then used four butterfly bandages to pull the cuts together as best he could.
He placed it in his briefcase, then headed directly for the washroom where he lathered his hands with antibacterial soap brought from home.
Hatch reached for his bag, rummaged inside, irrigated the cut with saline solution and Betadine, then smeared on some topical antibacterial ointment.
Certainly molds and their antibacterial effects seem more common than microvessel relaxants.
We have rediscovered penicillin eighteen times, streptomycin and hemomycetin three times, and have isolated several very promising antifungal and antibacterial agents.