Disinfectant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An agent, such as heat, radiation, or a chemical, that destroys, neutralizes, or inhibits the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms.
  • adj. Serving to disinfect.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Referring to something that contains a disinfectant or has the properties of a disinfectant.
  • n. A substance which kills germs and/or viruses.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which disinfects, especially an agent for killing or removing the microorganisms which cause infection. Commonly used disinfectants are chlorine, sodium hypochlorite solution, hydrogen peroxide, and alcohol.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Serving to disinfect; disinfecting.
  • n. An agent used for destroying the contagium or germs of infectious diseases.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
  • n. an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
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