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.
Antimicrobial peptides Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries. Wikipedia Dictionaries. English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also called host defense peptides (HDPs) are part of the innate immune response found among all classes of life.