Usually means: Inhibits bacterial growth without killing.
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  1. bacteriostatic: Merriam-Webster
  2. bacteriostatic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bacteriostatic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bacteriostatic: Vocabulary.com
  5. bacteriostatic: Wordnik
  6. bacteriostatic: Wiktionary
  7. bacteriostatic: Dictionary.com
  8. Bacteriostatic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. bacteriostatic: Rhymezone
  10. bacteriostatic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. bacteriostatic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. bacteriostatic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bacteriostatic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. bacteriostatic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Bacteriostatic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
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  7. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  8. bacteriostatic: Medical dictionary
  9. Bacteriostatic: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  2. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See bacteriostat as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bacteriostatic)

adjective:  Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.
noun:  An agent (drug or other substance) that is bacteriostatic.

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