desinfecção
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- desinfeção (European)
Etymology
From des- + infecção.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈksɐ̃w̃/
Noun
desinfecção f (plural desinfecções) (Brazilian spelling, European spelling)
- (public health, medicine) disinfection (treatment with disinfectant substances)