bacteriologically
- adverb
- /bækˌtɪəriəˈlɒdʒɪkli/
- Specialized
- This was despite the fact that the two wells feeding the tank were bacteriologically safe.
- bacteriologically confirmed
Examples
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The clinical score correlates well with bacteriologically proven cure.
Academic text (2005) -
Forty-eight culture-positive patients with chronic sinusitis who had been medically treated for at least three months and had undergone sinus surgery were bacteriologically evaluated.
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Now obviously lactic acid is produced by milk as it is bacteriologically change and it makes sour milk, which actually is very good.
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It's bacteriologically secure.
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The clinical score for otitis media should be used in studies, and this should correlate to bacteriologically proven cure.
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Even though the middle ear fluid is bacteriologically sterile, it still contains dormant pathogens.
Academic text (2002) -
In 1921, Francis noted seven bacteriologically confirmed cases of naturally occurring tularemia and other cases of laboratory-acquired illness.
Academic text (2003) -
All 60 prisoners had pulmonary TB, and it was confirmed bacteriologically for 54 (90%) persons.
Academic text (2015) -
You know, last night when I went home, rented The Andromeda Strain, just so I could simulate immersion into that bacteriologically unsound world you call your day-to-day life.
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The researchers found that the samples were bacteriologically contaminated after testing them in the lab.
Synonyms
In a way caused by tiny germs that can make you ill
Surface Forms
Morphology
bacteriologically = bacteriological (transparent) = bacterio + logic + al + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'bacteriological', whose meaning ('relating to bacteria/bacteriology') is directly related to its components.
Etymology
Bacteriologically comes from bacteria plus the ending -ly; bacteria comes from the old Greek bakterion meaning 'small rod' or 'staff'. So bacteriologically means 'in the way of bacteria', and it is used when something is checked or treated with bacteria in mind.