germicide

germicide

English

Etymology

germ +‎ -cide

Noun

germicide (plural germicides)

1. An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.

Related terms

• germ
• germicidal

Translations

an agent that kills organisms

Icelandic: sótthreinsunarefni n Japanese: 殺菌剤 (さっきんざい, sakkinzai) Spanish: germicida (es) m

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French

Noun

germicide m (plural germicides)

1. germicide

Further reading

• “germicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.