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Antimicrobial vs Pirlimycin - What's the difference?

antimicrobial | pirlimycin |

As nouns the difference between antimicrobial and pirlimycin

is that antimicrobial is an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action while pirlimycin is a lincosamide antimicrobial used to treat mastitis in cattle.

As an adjective antimicrobial

is tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.

antimicrobial

English

Alternative forms

* anti-microbial

Adjective

(-)
  • tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
  • inhibiting the growth of microbes
  • preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

    • Synonyms

    * antimicrobic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action

    • pirlimycin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia pirlimycin)
  • A lincosamide antimicrobial used to treat mastitis in cattle.