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Adjective: disinfectant  `dis-in'fek-tunt
  1. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
    - bactericidal, germicidal
Noun: disinfectant  `dis-in'fek-tunt
  1. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
    - germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial

Derived forms: disinfectants

See also: antiseptic, disinfect

Type of: agent

Encyclopedia: Disinfectant

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