Nanomicrobicide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A microbicide encapsulated in nanoparticles

    "The efficacy of our nanomicrobicides may have been restricted by the SHIV/macaque model, because siGag and siLTR are both target HIV sequences instead of SIV sequences."

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"The efficacy of our nanomicrobicides may have been restricted by the SHIV/macaque model, because siGag and siLTR are both target HIV sequences instead of SIV sequences."

Etymology

From nano- + microbicide.

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