antimicrobial

UK /ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl/ US /ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/

adj 3noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

applied, growing, growing, used

VERB + ANTIMICROBIAL

predicted, report

ANTIMICROBIAL + NOUN

gel, resistance

PREP.

adj

Tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.

Inhibiting the growth of microbes.

Preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes.

noun

An agent (drug or other substance) that destroys microbes (i.e., kills off a population of them).

An agent (drug or other substance) that inhibits the growth of microbes but does not kill their whole population.

An agent (drug or other substance) that counteracts the pathogenic action of microbes.

noun — an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys

adjective — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-ca

Last year, a U.N. report predicted growing antimicrobial resistance could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 and trigger a financial crisis.

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Ziri used a antimicrobial gel to treat the car scratch.

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Ziri applied some antimicrobial get on the scratch to prevent infection.

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Antimicrobial resistance is growing because of the widespread abuse and misuse of antibiotics.

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Beets have an antimicrobial effect.

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