bacteriolytic

1. 1.

   of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis

Questions about bacteriolytic

What does bacteriolytic mean?

bacteriolytic means "of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis".

How many syllables are in bacteriolytic?

bacteriolytic has 6 syllables: bac-te-ri-o-ly-tic. The stress falls on "ly".

Is bacteriolytic a common word?

bacteriolytic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.