bacterial


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bac·te·ri·al

 (băk-tîr′ē-əl)
adj.
Relating to or caused by bacteria: a bacterial enzyme.

bac·te′ri·al n.
bac·te′ri·al·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.bacterial - relating to or caused by bacteriabacterial - relating to or caused by bacteria; "bacterial infection"
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Translations

bacterial

[bækˈtɪərɪəl] ADJbacteriano, bacterial
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bacterial

[bækˈtɪəriəl] adj [infection, contamination] → bactérien(ne)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bacterial

adjbakteriell
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bacterial

[bækˈtɪərɪəl] adjbatterico/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bac·te·ri·al

a. bacteriano-a;
___ infectionsinfecciones ___-s;
___ endocarditisendocarditis ___;
___ sensitivity testspruebas de sensibilidad ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bacterial

adj bacteriano
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References in classic literature ?
Now by the action of natural selection, all terrestrial plants have acquired a resisting power against bacterial diseases--they never succumb without a severe struggle, but the red weed rotted like a thing already dead.
Depending upon whether they enter the human body from outside or originate within the body, these bacterial antigens are classified as foreign or self-antigens, respectively.
10 per cent of bacterial cases of meningitis result in death.
Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates (PCs) can result in transfusion transmissible infection.
During August 2017, two separate clusters of platelet transfusion-associated bacterial sepsis were reported in Utah and California.
KARACHI -- The first metagenomic study report on characterization of bacterial communities in drinking water supply system of Karachi has revealed that bacterial communities found in the drinking water being supplied to the citizens of Karachi, majority of these bacteria were causing no disease.
KARACHI -- A metagenomic study report on characterization of bacterial communities in drinking water supply system of megacity Karachi was published in an international research journal recently.
Because last time, your doctor found evidence of a bacterial infection (let's say it was strep throat), but this time, the lab tests for a bacterial infection came back negative.
Ireland-based Allergan (NYSE: AGN) has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the supplemental new drug application to expand the approved use of Avycaz (ceftazidime and avibactam) to include the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia, it was reported on Friday.
The human microflora contains as many as ten bacterial cells, a number that is ten times greater than the number of cells present in our body (Ley et al., 2005).