About The Word Disinfect
Learn about the word Disinfect to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Disinfect definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Disinfect
| Disinfect Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Australian sumac ‐ evergreen of Australia yielding a dark…
- Oligosaccharide ‐ any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide…
- Drugget ‐ a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool…
- Borrower's card ‐ a card certifying the bearer's right to use…
- Asiatic shrew mole ‐ shrew mole of…
- Macrozoarces ‐ a genus of…
- Tinge ‐ a pale or subdued color [n] a slight but appreciable addition;…
- Amastia ‐ absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental…
- Flooded ‐ covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the…
- Genus eichhornia ‐ water hyacinth;…