bacteriology
— Noun
– English
～ the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease
bacteriolysis
— Noun
– English
～ dissolution or destruction of bacteria
bacteriolytic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis
bacteriophage
— Noun
– English
～ a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria; "phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria"
bacteriophagic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to bacteriophages
bacteriophagous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to bacteriophages
bacteriostasis
— Noun
– English
～ inhibition of the growth of bacteria
bacteriostat
— Noun
– English
～ a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth
bacteriostatic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis
bacterise
— Verb
– English
～ subject to the action of bacteria
bacterium
— Noun
– English
～ (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
bacterize
— Verb
– English
～ subject to the action of bacteria
bacteroid
— Adjective
– English
～ resembling bacteria
bacteroid
— Noun
– English
～ a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Bacteroidaceae
— Noun
– English
～ family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
bacteroidal
— Adjective
– English
～ resembling bacteria
bacteroides
— Noun
– English
～ type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals
baculiform
— Adjective
– English
～ formed like a bacillus
bad
— Adverb
– English
～ with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
bad
— Adverb
– English
～ very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"