abacterial

English

Etymology

From a- (“without”) +‎ bacterial.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.bækˈtɪəɹ.i.əl/

Adjective

abacterial (comparative more abacterial, superlative most abacterial)

1. Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.

   an abacterial prostatitis model for studying immune cells

Derived terms

• abacterially

Translations

not caused by bacteria, characterized by lack of bacteria

• Dutch: abacterieel (nl)
• Esperanto: abakteria, senbakteria (eo)
• Finnish: abakteriaalinen (fi)
• Portuguese: abacteriano (pt)
• Welsh: anfacterol