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Disinfect

Disinfect Meaning & Definition
Disinfect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disinfect?

[v] destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"

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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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