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GERMICIDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does germicidal mean?
• GERMICIDAL (adjective)
The adjective GERMICIDAL has 1 sense:
1. preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
Familiarity information: GERMICIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
Synonyms:
bactericidal; disinfectant; germicidal
Similar:
antiseptic (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms)
Derivation:
germicide (an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease)
Context examples
Used as a germicidal agent and as an intermediate in chemical synthesis.
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