Hypertext Webster Gateway: "germicide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Germicide \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
germicide
n : an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys
microorganisms that might carry disease [syn: {disinfectant},
{antimicrobic}, {antimicrobial}]
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