Bacterial

/[bækˈtɪəɹiəɫ]/ adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria. not-comparable

    "[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or caused by bacteria wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
prokaryoticprokaryotic

Example

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"It is effective against bacterial infections."

Etymology

From bacteria + -al.

Related phrases

bacterial florabacterial meningitisbacterial wetwood

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