fungistatic in English
adjective
1
inhibiting the growth of fungi.
Fungicides have fungicidal activity, that actually kills the fungus, or fungistatic activity, that slows the growth of the fungus to prevent extensive damage.
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1. Antifungal definition is - destroying fungi or inhibiting their growth : fungicidal, fungistatic
2. The main results are discussed from the point of view of fungistatic and fungitoxic action.
3. In another study, four strains of bacteria and 2 of fungi, which decomposed Benomyl to non-fungistatic compounds, were isolated from loamy garden soil(3)