About The Word Disinfect
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Disinfect
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What's The Definition Of Disinfect?
[v] destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Disinfect: Related Terms | Find terms related to Disinfect: See Also | chlorinate | clean | make clean | sterilise | sterilize Disinfect In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`in*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinfected}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disinfecting}.]
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy
putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter
and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to
deodorize is to disinfect. --Ure.
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