| bacteremia | (noun) transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood | Synonyms: bacteriaemia, bacteriemia |
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| bacteria | (noun) (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | Synonyms: bacterium |
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| bacteriacide | (noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bactericide |
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| bacteriaemia | (noun) transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood | Synonyms: bacteremia, bacteriemia |
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| bactericide | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial, antibacterial drug |
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| (noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bacteriacide |
| bacteriemia | (noun) transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood | Synonyms: bacteremia, bacteriaemia |
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| bacteriochlorophyll | (noun) a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants | - |
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| bacteriologist | (noun) a biologist who studies bacteria | - |
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| bacteriology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease | - |
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| bacteriolysis | (noun) dissolution or destruction of bacteria | - |
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| bacteriophage | (noun) a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria | Synonyms: phage |
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| bacteriostasis | (noun) inhibition of the growth of bacteria | - |
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| bacteriostat | (noun) a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth | - |
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| bacterium | (noun) (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | Synonyms: bacteria |
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| bacteroid | (noun) a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) | - |
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