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BACTERIOSTASIS (bacteriostases)
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Irregular inflected form: bacteriostases
Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteriostasis mean?
• BACTERIOSTASIS (noun)
The noun BACTERIOSTASIS has 1 sense:
1. inhibition of the growth of bacteria
Familiarity information: BACTERIOSTASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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