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germicide |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Germicide \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: germicide n : an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys disease-carrying microorganisms [syn: {disinfectant}, {antimicrobic}, {antimicrobial}]
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