bacterial
adjective
bac·te·ri·al
bak-ˈtir-ē-əl 
: of, relating to, or caused by bacteria
bacterial infection
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The vast majority of bacteria are harmless or beneficial, even fecal ones; some experts estimate that only about one in a billion bacterial species are human pathogens.
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Joseph Kim, NPR, 16 June 2026
His drug abuse ultimately led to David being hospitalized with bacterial endocarditis, a disease frequently associated with substance use.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
That was partly because the software that assembled the genome from individual fragments of genome sequence was made to treat bacterial sequence as contamination.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
This rare condition, which mostly impacts children, occurs when bacterial toxins spread throughout the body and damage red blood cells, causing clots in the organs, primarily the kidneys.
—CNN Money, 14 June 2026
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Joseph Kim, NPR, 16 June 2026
His drug abuse ultimately led to David being hospitalized with bacterial endocarditis, a disease frequently associated with substance use.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
That was partly because the software that assembled the genome from individual fragments of genome sequence was made to treat bacterial sequence as contamination.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
This rare condition, which mostly impacts children, occurs when bacterial toxins spread throughout the body and damage red blood cells, causing clots in the organs, primarily the kidneys.
—CNN Money, 14 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for bacterial
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“Bacterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bacterial. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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bacterial
adjective
bac·te·ri·al
bak-ˈtir-ē-əl
: of, relating to, or caused by bacteria
Medical Definition
bacterial
adjective
bac·te·ri·al
bak-ˈtir-ē-əl
: of, relating to, or caused by bacteria
a bacterial chromosome
bacterial infection
bacterial endocarditis
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