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MICROBIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or involving or caused by or being microbes
Example:
microbial warfare
Synonyms:
microbial; microbic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
microbe (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use)
Derivation:
microbe (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use)
Context examples:
A microbial susceptibility test result in which the growth of microorganisms is inhibited by the usually achievable concentrations of antimicrobial agent when the recommended dosage is used for the site of infection.
(Antimicrobial Susceptibility Result, NCI Thesaurus)
Azelaic acid is bactericidal against Proprionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis due to its inhibitory effect on the synthesis of microbial cellular proteins.
(Azelaic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A microbial susceptibility test result in which the growth of microorganisms is not inhibited by the usually achievable concentrations of antimicrobial agent when the recommended dosage is used for the site of infection.
(Antimicrobial Nonsusceptibility Result, NCI Thesaurus)
A microbial susceptibility test result in which the growth of microorganisms may be inhibited by the usually achievable concentrations of antimicrobial agent when the recommended dosage is used for the site of infection.
(Antimicrobial Intermediate Susceptibility Result, NCI Thesaurus)
A method to determine microbial susceptibility to high concentrations of aminoglycoside antibiotics.
(Aminoglycoside Screening Method, NCI Thesaurus)
An Antimicrobial Effect involves interference with, or restraint of, the activities of biologic molecules and complexes, or cellular components involved in the life cycle of a microorganism, resulting in suppression of microbial growth.
(Antimicrobial Effect, NCI Thesaurus)
While previous studies followed microbial changes during IBD, the scientists in this study developed a unique biotechnology toolbox to understand why microbiomes change in IBD and how this provokes an unhealthy inflammatory reaction.
(New findings reveal how microbiome is disrupted during disease flare-ups, National Science Foundation)
A solution, suspension or semi-solid composed of media conducive to microbial growth.
(Culture Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
Microbial susceptibility is assessed by measuring the area around the disk that is free of microbial growth.
(Disk Diffusion Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Additionally Giemsa can be used as a differential stain to determine microbial cell adherence to human cells as well as in the diagnosis of malaria, spirochete, and protozoal infections.
(Giemsa Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
