antimicrobial

• anti-microbial

anti- +‎ microbial

antimicrobial (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
2. (pharmacology) inhibiting the growth of microbes
3. (pharmacology) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

• antimicrobic

antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)

1. an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action

• IPA^(key): /antimikɾoˈbjal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.mi.kɾoˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧mi‧cro‧bial

antimicrobial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antimicrobiales)

1. antimicrobial