abacterial

English

Etymology

a- (“without”) +‎ bacterial

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.bækˈtɪəɹ.i.əl/

Adjective

abacterial (comparative more abacterial, superlative most abacterial)

Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
an abacterial prostatitis model for studying immune cells

Derived terms

abacterially

Translations

not caused by bacteria, characterized by lack of bacteria

Dutch: abacterieel (nl)
Esperanto: abakteria, senbakteria (eo)
Finnish: abakteriaalinen (fi)
Portuguese: abacteriano (pt)
Welsh: anfacterol

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