Associations to the word «Antimicrobial»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
ANTIMICROBIAL, adjective. Tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
ANTIMICROBIAL, adjective. Inhibiting the growth of microbes
ANTIMICROBIAL, adjective. Preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes
ANTIMICROBIAL, noun. An agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action
Dictionary definition
ANTIMICROBIAL, noun. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease.
ANTIMICROBIAL, adjective. Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.