noun
Meaning 1
An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
germicide
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noun
Meaning 2
an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disinfectant, antimicrobic, antimicrobial
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent
Narrower terms: cetrimide, sodium hypochlorite
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English germ Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English germicide From germ + -cide.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: germicida — an agent that kills organisms
- French: germicide — an agent that kills organisms
- Icelandic: sótthreinsunarefni — an agent that kills organisms
- Indonesian: germisida — an agent that kills organisms
- Indonesian: racun kuman — an agent that kills organisms
- Italian: germicida — an agent that kills organisms
- Japanese: 殺菌剤 (sakkinzai) — an agent that kills organisms
- Khiamniungan Naga: vàksìeh — an agent that kills organisms
- Portuguese: germicida — an agent that kills organisms
- Spanish: germicida — an agent that kills organisms