Usually means: Kills bacteria, stopping their growth.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word bactericidal:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. bactericidal: Merriam-Webster
  2. bactericidal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bactericidal: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bactericidal: Vocabulary.com
  5. bactericidal: Wordnik
  6. bactericidal: Wiktionary
  7. bactericidal: Dictionary.com
  8. Bactericidal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Bactericidal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. bactericidal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. bactericidal: Rhymezone
  12. Bactericidal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. bactericidal: FreeDictionary.org
  14. bactericidal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Bactericidal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. bactericidal: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bactericidal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. bactericidal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. bactericidal: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See bactericidally as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bactericidal)

adjective:  That kills bacteria.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to a bactericide.
noun:  A bactericide.

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