HyperDic: bacterize

English > 1 sense of the word bacterize:
VERBchangebacterize, bacterisesubject to the action of bacteria
English > bacterize: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningsubject to the action of bacteria.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymbacterise
BroadersubjectCause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
Nounsbacterium(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission

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