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germicide

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  1. 1. a. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A germicide agent. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has adestructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, orbacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectiousdiseases.-- n. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease Source: ecdict

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