Meaning of GERMICIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'jurmi`sId
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| | Definition: | | [n] an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease |
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| | Synonyms: | | antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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| | See Also: | | agent, cetrimide, sodium hypochlorite | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ger"mi*cide\ (j[~e]r"m[i^]*s[imac]d), a. [Germ + L.
caedere to kill.] (Biol.)
Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a
destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria,
or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many
infectious diseases. -- n. A germicide agent.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any chemical substance or physical object which is used to kill disease-causing microorganisms, or "germs." |
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| | Related Terms: | | aborticide, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, bactericide, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant, disinfectant, eradicant, fratricide, fumigant, fumigator, fungicide, genocide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insect powder, insecticide, matricide, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, parricide, patricide, pesticide, poison, rat poison, regicide, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, sororicide, stomach poison, suicide, systemic, systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, uxoricide, venin, venom, vermicide, virus, weed killer |
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