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Antibacterial usually refers to an antibiotic, a principal type of antimicrobial agent used mainly against bacteria; it may kill or inhibit them.

Antibacterial may also refer to:

• Antiseptic, a principal type of antimicrobial agent used mainly against bacteria; it may kill or inhibit them
• Disinfectant, an agent to impair microbes in cleaning/sanitation but not taken internally as medicine; it may kill or inhibit them
• Bactericide, an agent that kills bacteria populations
• Bacteriostatic agent, an agent that does not kill bacteria populations but inhibits their growth
• Antibacterial soap, whose active ingredient may be any of the above

See also

• Antimicrobial, any agent against any type of microbe

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