Bacteriostasis Definition
băk-tîrē-ō-stāsĭs
bacteriostases
noun
An arresting of the growth or multiplication of bacteria.
Webster's New World
The inhibition of growth, but not the killing, of bacteria.
American Heritage Medicine
(biology) Phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.
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