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Definitions of antimicrobial in various dictionaries:
noun - an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
adj - capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms: antimicrobial drugs.
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| Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms: antimicrobial drugs. |
| active against microbes. |
| able to destroy harmful microbes ( small living things that can cause disease): |
| Active against microbes. |
| An antimicrobial substance. |
| an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease |
| capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms |
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An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms or stops their growth. Antimicrobial medicines can be grouped according to the microorganisms they act primarily against. For example, antibiotics are used against bacteria and antifungals are used against fungi. They can also be classified according to their function. Agents that kill microbes are called microbicidal, while those that merely inhibit their growth are called biostatic. The use of antimicrobial medicines to treat infection is known as antimicrobial chemotherapy, while the use of antimicrobial medicines to prevent infection is known as antimicrobial prophylaxis. * The main classes of antimicrobial agents are disinfectants ("nonselective antimicrobials" such as bleach), which kill a wide range of microbes on non-living surfaces to prevent the spread of illness, antiseptics (which are applied to living tissue and help reduce infection during surgery), and antibiotics (which destroy microorganisms within the body). The ter |