A hospice program provides palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families. The concept of hospice is that of a caring community of professional and nonprofessional people, supplemented by volunteer services.
â¢ ANTIMICROBIAL (adjective). The adjective ANTIMICROBIAL has 1 sense: 1. capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms. Familiarity information: ANTIMICROBIAL used as an adjective is very rare. Dictionary entry details.
Other antimicrobial drugs include antifungal drugs, which inhibit fungi, antiviral drugs, which inhibit viruses, and antiparasitic drugs, which inhibit parasites. We've learned that it's very important for antimicrobial drugs to have selective toxicity, which is specific inhibition of some types of cells but not others.ther antimicrobial drugs include antifungal drugs, which inhibit fungi, antiviral drugs, which inhibit viruses, and antiparasitic drugs, which inhibit parasites. We've learned that it's very important for antimicrobial drugs to have selective toxicity, which is specific inhibition of some types of cells but not others.