BACTERIOSTASIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bacteriostases   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inhibition of the growth of bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("bacteriostasis" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

bacteriostatic (of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis)

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