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BACTERICIDAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
Synonyms:
bactericidal; disinfectant; germicidal
Classified under:
Similar:
antiseptic (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms)
Derivation:
bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)
bactericide (any chemical agent that destroys bacteria)
Context examples:
A beta-lactam antibiotic and first-generation cephalosporin with bactericidal activity.
(Cefazolin, NCI Thesaurus)
A semisynthetic, narrow spectrum beta-lactamase-resistant penicillin antibiotic with bactericidal and beta-lactamase resistant activity.
(Methicillin, NCI Thesaurus)
Methicillin sodium is bactericidal and binds to specific penicillin-binding proteins on the bacterium and inhibits the transpeptidation enzyme, thereby preventing the cross-linking of peptidoglycans.
(Methicillin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
The sodium salt form of benzylpenicillin, a semi-synthetic, broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.
(Penicillin G Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
The potassium salt of penicillin V, a member of the penicillin antibiotic family with broad-spectrum bactericidal activity.
(Penicillin V Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)
However, some bacteria have strategies to escape the bactericidal mechanisms associated with phagocytosis and survive within host phagocytes.
(Phagocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
The sodium salt of piperacillin, a broad-spectrum semisynthetic, ampicillin-derived ureidopenicillin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.
(Piperacillin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
Any beta-lactam antibiotic derived from Pencillium fungi with bactericidal activity.
(Penicillin Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)
The sulfate salt form of paromomycin, a structural derivative of neomycin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic with amebicidal and bactericidal effects against predominantly aerobic gram-negative bacteria.
(Paromomycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
Neomycin sulfate, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, irreversibly binds to the bacterial 30S subunit proteins and 16S rRNA of ribosome, thereby causing misreading and inhibiting protein synthesis which results in bactericidal effect.
(Neosporin Ophthalmic, NCI Thesaurus)
