Bacterize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To treat with bacteria. transitive

    "An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end."

  2. 2
    subject to the action of bacteria wordnet

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bacterise

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"An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end."

Etymology

From bacteria + -ize.

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