Antimicrobial agents that inhibit bacterial growth but generally do not kill the organism are known as:

a. bactericidal.
b. antibiotic.
c. bacteriostatic.
d. antagonistic.


C
Bacteriostatic means the inhibition of bacterial growth, whereas bactericidal means killing bac-terial growth.

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