Last year, a U.N. report predicted growing antimicrobial resistance could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 and trigger a financial crisis.
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Antimicrobial
//ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl//
Synonyms for "antimicrobial" (13 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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47 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- հակամանրէային adj (destroying microbes)
- հակամանրէային adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- հակամանրէային adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
Basque
3 entries- antimikrobiar adj (destroying microbes)
- antimikrobiar adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- antimikrobiar adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
Catalan
2 entries- antimicrobià adj (destroying microbes)
- antimicrobià noun (agent that destroys microbes)
Czech
1 entries- antimikrobiální adj (destroying microbes)
Estonian
3 entries- antimikroobne adj (destroying microbes)
- antimikroobne adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- antimikroobne adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
Finnish
3 entries- antimikrobinen adj (destroying microbes)
- antimikrobinen adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- antimikrobinen adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
French
4 entries- antimicrobien adj (destroying microbes)
- antimicrobien adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- antimicrobien adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
- antimicrobien noun (agent that destroys microbes)
Georgian
3 entries- ანტიმიკრობული adj (destroying microbes)
- ანტიმიკრობული adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- ანტიმიკრობული adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
German
3 entries- antimikrobiell adj (destroying microbes)
- antimikrobiell adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- antimikrobiell adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
Greek
3 entries- αντιμικροβιακός adj (destroying microbes)
- αντιμικροβιακός adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- αντιμικροβιακός adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
Indonesian
1 entries- antimikroba noun (agent that destroys microbes)
Irish
3 entries- frithmhiocróbach adj (destroying microbes)
- frithmhiocróbach adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- frithmhiocróbach adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
Italian
3 entries- antimicrobico adj (destroying microbes)
- antimicrobico adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- antimicrobico adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
Portuguese
4 entries- antimicrobiano adj (destroying microbes)
- antimicrobiano adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- antimicrobiano adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
- antimicrobiano noun (agent that destroys microbes)
Russian
4 entries- антимикро́бный adj (destroying microbes)
- антимикро́бный adj (inhibiting the growth of microbes)
- антимикро́бный adj (preventing the pathogenic action of microbes)
- противомикро́бный adj (destroying microbes)
Spanish
2 entries- antimicrobiano adj (destroying microbes)
- antimicrobiano noun (agent that destroys microbes)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Ziri used a antimicrobial gel to treat the car scratch.
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Ziri applied some antimicrobial get on the scratch to prevent infection.
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Antimicrobial resistance is growing because of the widespread abuse and misuse of antibiotics.
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