Definition of "microbicidal" []

• Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a microbicide (adjective)

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• "Additionally, NIH-supported research has found that medical male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition among men by 53 percent, and an antiretroviral microbicidal vaginal gel reduced HIV risk in women by 39 percent overall, and by 54 percent among those who used the product regularly."
• "Without new resources, the promise of recent scientific breakthroughs, such as pills and microbicidal gels that prevent HIV infection, will remain unrealized."
• "The primary mission of the Adolescent Trials Network (ATN) for HIV/AIDS Interventions is to conduct research on promising behavioral, microbicidal, prophylactic, therapeutic, and vaccine modalities in HIV-infected and HIV at-risk adolescents between the ages of 12 and 24."