spirocheticidal

English

Alternative forms

• spirochetocidal

Etymology

From spirochete +‎ -cidal (with -i-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitɪˈsaɪdəl/

Adjective

spirocheticidal (comparative more spirocheticidal, superlative most spirocheticidal)

1. (medicine, biology) Killing spirochetes.
   • 1944, H Eagle, AD Musselman, “The spirocheticidal action of penicillin in vitro and its temperature coefficient”, in Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 80, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 493–505:

     Penicillin was found to be actively spirocheticidal in vitro against the Reiter, Kazan, Nichols, and Noguchi strains of so called S. pallida, and a strain of mouth spirochetes.

Synonyms

• spirochetolytic

Coordinate terms

• spirochetostatic (spirochetostatic is to spirocheticidal as bacteriostatic is to bacteriocidal)