microbicidal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microbicidal
Adjective
  • For instance, several strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa infect humans and have evolved to resist many of our antibacterial treatments.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The main ingredient that supports these claims is apple cider vinegar thanks to its antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antifungal properties.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Linda Anderson keys in a code and steps out of a room at Mercy Anderson Hospital as an ultraviolet germicidal robot kicks on, lights up and kills sneaky germs that might’ve been skipped over with other disinfecting routines.
    Terry DeMio, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Some products sold now that claim to be germicidal are actually the wrong wavelength, says Andrea Armani, a chemical engineering and materials scientist at the University of Southern California.
    Jeanne Erdmann, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
Adjective
  • By promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria, probiotics may help reduce harmful bacterial colonization without contributing to antibiotic resistance.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Some of those tools might be woefully out of date, because pathogens have evolved; antibiotic resistance could also make certain bacterial infections more difficult to expunge than in decades prior.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Be sure to include tweezers for removing splinters or ticks, gauze for bleeding, antibiotic ointment, blister treatment, children’s pain reliever and antihistamine, antiseptic wipes, and lots of bandages.
    Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
  • This Disney+ original, which was a high-profile launch title for the streaming service, gets points for casting real-life rescue dogs rather than relying solely on antiseptic CGI replicas.
    Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The women alleged the department’s lack of sanitary pumping places caused several of them to develop mastitis, an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • It was designed to divert both sanitary and stormwater flow from Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs and has a capacity of just under 8 billion gallons.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Dip nails cannot be filled either because the dip formula was designed to be fully removed between applications for the most hygienic experience.
    Lisa DeSantis, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2025
  • As of January 2025, the Brantford facility has undergone a hygienic restoration and is once again producing griddle products for our customers.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Microbicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microbicidal. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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