microbicide

American  

[mahy-kroh-buh-sahyd] / maɪˈkroʊ bəˌsaɪd /

noun

1. a substance or preparation for killing microbes.

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Other Word Forms

• microbicidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of microbicide

First recorded in 1880–85; microbe + -i- + -cide

Example Sentences

They discovered that a microbicide—a compound to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted infections—containing the drug tenofovir was effective in the 61% of women who had predominantly “healthy” bacteria in their vaginas.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Aspire study, led by the Microbicide Trials Network, which is financed by the National Institutes of Health, enrolled 2,629 women at 15 sites in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

From New York Times

Maraviroc is currently approved as an HIV drug, and is being considered as a microbicide to try to stop infection in the first place.

From Scientific American

Here are three of the microbicide options in development today.

From Scientific American

The clear gel was the first microbicide to indicate significant reduction in HIV in humans in a large clinical trial; in the study, which had nearly 900 women participating, the gel reduced infection by 54 percent in women who used it consistently.

From Scientific American