FUNGICIDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fungicidal mean? 

• FUNGICIDAL (adjective)
  The adjective FUNGICIDAL has 1 sense:

1. capable of destroying fungi

  Familiarity information: FUNGICIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUNGICIDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of destroying fungi

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

antifungal; fungicidal

Pertainym:

fungicide (any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi)

Derivation:

fungicide (any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi)

 Context examples 

The hydrochloride salt form of butenafine, a synthetic benzylamine derivative with fungicidal properties.

(Butenafine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Naftifine hydrochloride can be fungicidal as well as fungistatic to yeasts depending on the concentration and the organisms involved.

(Naftifine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A narrow-spectrum cyclic lipopeptide derivative of echinocandin B derived from Aspergillus with fungicidal activity.

(Cilofungin, NCI Thesaurus)

Naftifine can be fungicidal or fungistatic depending on the concentration and the organisms involved.

(Naftifine, NCI Thesaurus)