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spirocheticidal

adjective spi·ro·che·ti·ci·dal

variants: or chiefly British spirochaeticidal play \ˌspī-rə-ˌkēt-ə-ˈsīd-ᵊl\

medical Definition of spirocheticidal

: destructive to spirochetes especially within the body of an animal host

a spirocheticidal drug

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