Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substance or agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which destroys germs; specifically, a substance capable of killing the germs, microbes, or micro-organisms of certain zymotic diseases, as cholera, or used for that purpose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A germicidal agent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
agent thatkills pathogenic organisms ; adisinfectant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first essential point is to test the unknown disinfectant, which may be referred to as germicide-x, on the lines set out on page 311 to determine its inhibition coefficient.
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Bobby Bianchi: an Italian mobster trying to peddle a product called "Germ-o-Whack" which shoots a germicide out of a water pistol.
George Heymont: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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I better break out the elbow grease, more lighting, a bucket in case I'm wrong about the bone dry angle, and all the paper towel and germicide sprays in the cupboard.
Into the depths! (:snicker!: She wrote "ballcock!") p_n_elrod 2010
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I better break out the elbow grease, more lighting, a bucket in case I'm wrong about the bone dry angle, and all the paper towel and germicide sprays in the cupboard.
p_n_elrod: Into the depths! (:snicker!: She wrote "ballcock!") p_n_elrod 2010
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Bobby Bianchi: an Italian mobster trying to peddle a product called "Germ-o-Whack" which shoots a germicide out of a water pistol.
George Heymont: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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One such product, Magic Touch, is marketed as a lotion, an antibacterial, an antibiotic, and a germicide that is "great to apply open wounds because it helps heal the skin without scars."
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One such product, Magic Touch, is marketed as a lotion, an antibacterial, an antibiotic, and a germicide that is "great to apply open wounds because it helps heal the skin without scars."
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Garlic works as an antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, antiseptic and a germicide.
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Targeted to the food services industry Rochester-Midland Corporation also sells what's in the US an EPA-registered germicide/sanitizer under the "Microdyne" tradename which contains 3.5% available iodine and phosphoric acid.
Question ;Microdyne 2004
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Many studies have shown that sodium hypochlorite household chlorine bleach is a highly effective germicide in the laundry, and adding chlorine bleach to your wash also increases the sanitizing effect of cooler water washes.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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