spirochetostatic

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English

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Etymology

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From spirochete +‎ -static (with -o-).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈstætɪk/

Adjective

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spirochetostatic (comparative more spirochetostatic, superlative most spirochetostatic)

  1. (medicine, biology) Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them.
    • 1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin[1], volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:
      As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.

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