microbicidaladj.
/mʌɪˌkrəʊbᵻˈsʌɪdl/, U.S. /maɪˌkroʊbəˈsaɪd(ə)l/ Biology.
That kills microbes; of or relating to a microbicide or its action.
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germicidal1870
microbicide1885
microbicidal1893
sporonticidal1970
1893 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 89 (heading) Changes in the microbicidal power of the blood during and after infection of the organism.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 715 The use of..microbicidal agents.
1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 561 The microcytase being chiefly concerned with microbicidal action.
1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 461/1 Koch reported diminished intraleukocytic microbicidal activity, presumably due to an abnormality in the myeloperoxidase system in 100 patients with bacterial infections.
1995 Family Planning Perspectives 27 248/2 A third group will examine the microbicidal potential of naturally occurring peptide antibiotics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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