bactericide
— Noun
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～ any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth
bacteriemia
— Noun
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～ transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood
bacteriochlorophyll
— Noun
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～ a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants
bacteriologist
— Noun
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～ a biologist who studies bacteria
bacteriology
— Noun
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～ the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease
bacteriolysis
— Noun
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～ dissolution or destruction of bacteria
bacteriophage
— Noun
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～ 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"
bacteriostasis
— Noun
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～ inhibition of the growth of bacteria
bacteriostat
— Noun
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～ a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth
bacterium
— Noun
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～ (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
bacteroid
— Noun
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～ a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Bacteroidaceae
— Noun
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～ family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
bacteroides
— Noun
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～ 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
bad
— Noun
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～ that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
Badaga
— Noun
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～ a member of an agricultural people of southern India
Badaga
— Noun
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～ the dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga
baddeleyite
— Noun
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～ a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide
baddie
— Noun
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～ the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
Bade
— Noun
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～ a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
badge
— Noun
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～ any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability"