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- a combining form meaning “bacteria,” used in the formation of compound words: bactericide; bacteriuria.
combining form
- indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteriabacteriology; bactericide; bacteroid
pref.
- Bacteria; bacterial:bacteriology.