Spirochetostatic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈstætɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Spirochetostatic is an adjective meaning (medicine, biology) Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them.
Meaning
(medicine, biology) Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them.
Example Sentences
As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spirocheticidal, spirochetocidal, antispirochetic, antispirochetal, borreliacidal, ectrotic.
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