Usually means: Introduce bacteria to enhance growth.
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  1. bacterize: Merriam-Webster
  2. bacterize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bacterize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bacterize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bacterize: Vocabulary.com
  6. bacterize: Wordnik
  7. bacterize: Wiktionary
  8. bacterize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bacterize: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. bacterize: Dictionary.com
  11. bacterize: Rhymezone
  12. bacterize: FreeDictionary.org
  13. bacterize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. bacterize: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. bacterize: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bacterize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ verb:  To treat with bacteria.

Similar:
bacterise, biotreat, penicillinize, treat, irradiate, tuberculize, nitrify, nitrogenize, Listerize, hormonize, more...

Opposite:
decontaminate, sterilize, sanitize

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Similar:
bacterise, biotreat, penicillinize, treat, irradiate, tuberculize, nitrify, nitrogenize, Listerize, hormonize, more...

Opposite:
decontaminate, sterilize, sanitize



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