spirocheticidal

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Etymology

From spirochete +‎ -cidal (with -i-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitɪˈsaɪdəl/

Adjective

spirocheticidal (comparative more spirocheticidal, superlative most spirocheticidal)

  1. (medicine, biology) Killing spirochetes.
    • 1944, H Eagle, AD Musselman, “The spirocheticidal action of penicillin in vitro and its temperature coefficient”, in Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 80, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 493–505:
      Penicillin was found to be actively spirocheticidal in vitro against the Reiter, Kazan, Nichols, and Noguchi strains of so called S. pallida, and a strain of mouth spirochetes.

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