bacterial
adjective
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Definition of bacterial
: of, relating to, or caused by bacteria
bacterial infection
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Other Words from bacterial
bacterially
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Examples of bacterial in a Sentence
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Surfer’s ear is different from the more common swimmer’s ear, which is a bacterial infection in the outer ear canal. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Were Neanderthals Getting Surfer’s Ear From Diving for Seafood?," 16 Aug. 2019 Similar work is already happening in hospitals, where patients can get fecal transplants to treat certain stubborn bacterial infections. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, "Gut check: Benioffs donate $35 million to further study of microbiome at UCSF, Stanford," 13 Aug. 2019 The concern was that fleas could transmit the bacterial infection to humans, causing the bubonic plague. — La Cañada Valley Sun, "La Cañada History: Once upon a time you could fish at Devil’s Gate Dam," 12 Aug. 2019 Doctors at a cancer center in Buffalo, New York, are warning other care providers after a nurse at their facility stole pain medications from cancer patients, which led to bacterial infections. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "A Nurse Stole Cancer Patients' Opioids and Diluted Them With Tap Water, Leading to Rare Infection," 8 Aug. 2019 Inside, the investigator found a computer running tests on ingredients for cephalosporin, an oral antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. — Katherine Eban, WIRED, "8 Ways Overseas Drug Manufacturers Dupe the FDA," 7 Aug. 2019 The plague is bacterial infection that can be transmitted to humans and their pets via fleas. — Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, "Rapids’ post-game fireworks canceled because of plague-infested fleas," 2 Aug. 2019 Ten days later, after crossing into Texas, Felipe fell sick with the flu and a bacterial infection. — Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, "How this quiet region in Guatemala became the epicenter of migration," 26 July 2019 This month, for example, a Florida woman died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection after falling and scraping her leg on the beach. — Jamie Ducharme, Time, "Your Summer Beach Trip Could Put You at Risk of Getting Sick. Here's What You Need to Know," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bacterial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for bacterial
bacterial
adjective
bac·te·ri·al
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Kids Definition of bacterial
: relating to or caused by bacteria
a bacterial infection
bacterial
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bac·te·ri·al
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Medical Definition of bacterial
: of, relating to, or caused by bacteria
a bacterial chromosome bacterial infection bacterial endocarditis
Other Words from bacterial
bacterially
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