About The Word Germicide
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Germicide
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What's The Definition Of Germicide?
[n] an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
Synonyms | Synonyms for Germicide: antimicrobial | antimicrobic | disinfectant Related Terms | Find terms related to Germicide: 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 See Also | agent | cetrimide | sodium hypochlorite Germicide In Webster's Dictionary \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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