bacteriostatic

• bacteristatic

From bacterio- +‎ -static.

bacteriostatic (comparative more bacteriostatic, superlative most bacteriostatic)

1. Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.

   Coordinate terms: bactericidal, bacteriocidal

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 438:

     All these compounds were bacteriostatic, affecting the bacterial metabolism and preventing its multiplication in the host, thereby permitting natural body defences to succeed against the invader.

bacteriostatic (plural bacteriostatics)

1. An agent (drug or other substance) that is bacteriostatic.

   Hypernym: microbiostatic

   Coordinate terms: bactericide, bacteriocide (killer versus inhibitor), fungistatic, mycostatic (fungi versus bacteria)

Borrowed from French bactériostatique.

bacteriostatic m or n (feminine singular bacteriostatică, masculine plural bacteriostatici, feminine and neuter plural bacteriostatice)

1. bacteriostatic