spirochetocidal

English

Etymology

From spirochete +‎ -cidal (with -o-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈsaɪdəl/

Adjective

spirochetocidal (comparative more spirochetocidal, superlative most spirochetocidal)

1. Alternative form of spirocheticidal.
   • 1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin‎^[1], volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:

     As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.