spirocheticide

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• spirocheticide — An agent destructive to spirochetes. [spirochete + L. caedo, to kill] * * * spi·ro·che·ti·cide or chiefly Brit spi·ro·chae·ti·cide .spī rə kēt ə .sīd n an agent (as a drug) capable of killing spirochetes esp. within the human or animal body …   Medical dictionary

• spirocheticide — spi·ro·che·ti·cide …   English syllables

• -cide — ♦ Élément, du lat. cædere « tuer » : coricide, fratricide, génocide, homicide, insecticide, parricide, régicide, suicide. cide élément, du lat. caedes, caedis, action d abattre, meurtre . ⇒ CIDE, suff. Suff. issu du verbe lat. caedere dont il… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• spirochaeticide — noun see spirocheticide …   Useful english dictionary