antimicrobial

See also: anti-microbial

English

Alternative forms

• anti-microbial

Etymology

anti- +‎ microbial

Adjective

antimicrobial (not comparable)

1. tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
2. inhibiting the growth of microbes
3. preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

Translations

destroying microbes

• Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin)
• Basque: antimikrobiar
• Estonian: antimikroobne
• French: antimicrobien (fr)
• Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli)

• German: antimikrobiell
• Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós)
• Irish: frithmhiocróbach
• Portuguese: antimicrobiano

inhibiting the growth of microbes

• Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin)
• Basque: antimikrobiar
• Estonian: antimikroobne
• French: antimicrobien (fr)
• Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli)

• German: antimikrobiell
• Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós)
• Irish: frithmhiocróbach
• Portuguese: antimicrobiano

preventing the pathogenic action of microbes

• Armenian: հակամանրէային (hakamanrēayin)
• Basque: antimikrobiar
• Estonian: antimikroobne
• French: antimicrobien (fr)
• Georgian: ანტიმიკრობული (anṭimiḳrobuli)

• German: antimikrobiell
• Greek: αντιμικροβιακός (el) (antimikroviakós)
• Irish: frithmhiocróbach
• Portuguese: antimicrobiano

Synonyms

• antimicrobic

Noun

antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)

1. an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action

Translations

agent that destroys microbes

• French: antimicrobien (fr)

• Portuguese: antimicrobiano m