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Which term best describes a medication that inhibits the growth of bacteria without necessarily killing them?
A
Antiviral drug
B
Antifungal drug
C
Bacteriostatic drug
D
Bactericidal drug
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Understand the difference between bacteriostatic and bactericidal drugs: bacteriostatic drugs inhibit bacterial growth and reproduction, while bactericidal drugs kill bacteria directly.
Recognize that antiviral drugs target viruses, not bacteria, so they are not relevant to bacterial growth inhibition.
Know that antifungal drugs target fungi, which are different from bacteria, so they do not describe medications that inhibit bacterial growth.
Identify that a medication that inhibits bacterial growth without killing them is called a bacteriostatic drug.
Confirm that the term 'bacteriostatic drug' best fits the description of inhibiting bacterial growth without necessarily killing the bacteria.