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English
Etymology
bacteria + -al
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Adjective
bacterial (not comparable)
- (microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
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Spanish
Etymology
From bacteria + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɡteˈɾjal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bac‧te‧rial
Adjective
bacterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bacteriales)
- bacterial
- Synonym: bacteriano
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