Synonyms:
bacterial
Meaning: relating to or caused by bacteria; "bacterial infection"
Usage examples
In former times every woman who gave birth to a child or passed through a miscarriage was exposed to grave danger of infection or child-bed fever; but at present--thanks to the recognition of the bacterial origin of the disease and of its identity with wound infection--this danger can be practically eliminated by the rigid observance of surgical cleanliness and aseptic technique.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jim Henson, License CC BY-SA 4.0