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(biology) A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.

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bacteriostasis

Source Word

bacteriostasis

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable

(biology) A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.

Japanese Meaning

微生物が実際に死滅することなく、細胞の成長や分裂が抑制され、一時的に増殖が停止している状態。

During the experiment, bacteriostasis prevented any further colony formation on the agar plates.

実験中、静菌作用により寒天培地上でこれ以上コロニーは形成されませんでした。

Sense（1）

(biology) A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.

bacteriostases

（ plural ）