Microbicide

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Microbicide \Mi*crob"i*cide\, n. [Microbe + L. caedere to kill.]
     (Biol.)
     Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of
     microbes or bacterial organisms.
     [1913 Webster]