Definition of 'bacterial'
Example sentences containing 'bacterial'
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She added that better tests were urgently needed to tell whether an infection was bacterial or viral.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks.
The Sun (2012)There is no known cure for the bacterial infection and the only solution is to cut down affected trees.
The Sun (2014)The liver is too important an organ to neglect if it is infected by viral or bacterial or parasitic organisms.
Bad Breath (1994)While viral meningitis tends to strike more in the summer, bacterial meningitis peaks in the winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)The final step will now be to use this genome transplant procedure to place the newly built artificial chromosome into a bacterial cell.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)No. Together they protect against two major forms of bacterial meningitis.
The Sun (2016) The Sun (2014) The Sun (2013) The Sun (2013)This is shot hole, a bacterial disease.
The Sun (2013)This could be why men are more susceptible than women to a range of viral, bacterial and fungal infections.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)One of my three-year-old daughter's nursery school friends is in hospital with bacterial meningitis.
Times, Sunday Times (2006) The Sun (2007)It also helped him to survive a near-fatal episode of bacterial meningitis three years ago, then make a complete recovery.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)Trends of 'bacterial'
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Translations for 'bacterial'
British English: bacterial ADJECTIVE
Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.Cholera is a bacterial infection.
Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.Cholera is a bacterial infection.
- Brazilian Portuguese: bacteriano
- Chinese: 细菌的
- European Spanish: bacteriano bacteriana
- French: bactérien bactérienne
- German: bakteriell
- Italian: batterico batterica
- Japanese: 細菌の
- Korean: 박테리아의
- Portuguese: bacteriano bacteriana
- Spanish: bacteriano bacteriana
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Definition of bacterial from the
Collins English Dictionary
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