fungistatic
English
Etymology
International scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from fungi- + -static = fungistasis + -ic.
Adjective
fungistatic (comparative more fungistatic, superlative most fungistatic)
- That inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
- Synonym: mycostatic
- Hypernyms: fungitoxic, microbiostatic
- Coordinate terms: fungicidal, mycocidal (killing versus inhibiting); bacteriostatic (bacteria versus fungi)
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
fungistatic (plural fungistatics)
- An agent (drug or other substance) that is fungistatic.
- Synonym: mycostatic
- Hypernym: microbiostatic
- Coordinate terms: fungicide, mycocide (killer versus inhibitor), bacteriostatic (bacteria versus fungi)
Romanian
Etymology
From fungă + -static. Calque of French fongistatique.
Adjective
fungistatic m or n (feminine singular fungistatică, masculine plural fungistatici, feminine and neuter plural fungistatice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | fungistatic | fungistatică | fungistatici | fungistatice | |||
| definite | fungistaticul | fungistatica | fungistaticii | fungistaticele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | fungistatic | fungistatice | fungistatici | fungistatice | |||
| definite | fungistaticului | fungistaticei | fungistaticilor | fungistaticelor | ||||
Noun
fungistatic n (plural fungistatici)
- fungistatic material
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | fungistatic | fungistaticul | fungistatici | fungistaticile | |
| genitive-dative | fungistatic | fungistaticului | fungistatici | fungistaticilor | |
| vocative | fungistaticule | fungistaticilor | |||