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antimicrobial

/ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
an-timi-cro-bial
IPA
/ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.

adj

Inhibiting the growth of microbes.

adj

Preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes.

noun

An agent (drug or other substance) that destroys microbes (i.e., kills off a population of them).

noun

An agent (drug or other substance) that inhibits the growth of microbes but does not kill their whole population.

noun

An agent (drug or other substance) that counteracts the pathogenic action of microbes.

Etymology

From anti- + microbe + -ial.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/
  • British English: /ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl/

Inflected Forms

anti-microbial (alternative) antimicrobials (plural)

Derived Forms

antimicrobicide multiantimicrobial nonantimicrobial photoantimicrobial subantimicrobial

Synonyms

microbiostatic antimicrobic disinfectant germicide

Questions

How do you pronounce antimicrobial?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/.
What does antimicrobial mean?
Tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.
Where does antimicrobial come from?
From anti- + microbe + -ial.

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