Relating to or having the properties of a bacillicide; capable of acting as a bacterial killer.
From bacillicide + -ic (Greek suffix forming adjectives). This adjectival form allows scientists to describe the properties and mechanisms of substances that destroy bacilli.
The -ic ending here creates yet another variation of the same concept, showing how medical terminology builds layers of related words to describe subtly different aspects of the same phenomenon.
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