Usually means: Destroys bacteria, causing cell breakdown.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. bacteriolytic: Merriam-Webster
  2. bacteriolytic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bacteriolytic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bacteriolytic: Vocabulary.com
  5. bacteriolytic: Wordnik
  6. bacteriolytic: Wiktionary
  7. bacteriolytic: Dictionary.com
  8. bacteriolytic: Rhymezone
  9. bacteriolytic: FreeDictionary.org
  10. bacteriolytic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. bacteriolytic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bacteriolytic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. bacteriolytic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. bacteriolytic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  of, relating to, or causing bacteriolysis
▸ adjective:  antibiotic

Similar:
bactericidal, bacteric, lytic, bacteriological, bacteriotherapeutic, lysogenic, bacteriophagic, leukolytic, bacterial, saccharolytic, more...

Opposite:
bacteriostatic, bacteriostasis, antibacterial

Types:
lysozyme, penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, more...

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Similar:
bactericidal, bacteric, lytic, bacteriological, bacteriotherapeutic, lysogenic, bacteriophagic, leukolytic, bacterial, saccharolytic, more...

Opposite:
bacteriostatic, bacteriostasis, antibacterial

Types:
lysozyme, penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, more...



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