
n.
An agent, such as heat, radiation, or a chemical, that destroys, neutralizes, or inhibits the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms.
adj.
Serving to disinfect.
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American Heritage Dictionary:
dis·in·fec·tant |

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Oxford A-Z of Medicinal Drugs:
disinfectants |
| disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, dipyridamole, dipivefrine | |
| disodium edetate, disodium etidronate, disodium hydrogen citrate |
Columbia Encyclopedia:
disinfectant |
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
disinfectant |
| disequilibrium assay, disease, discriminator | |
| disinfection, disintegration, disintegration constant |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
disinfectant |
1. freeing from infection.
2. an agent that destroys infection-producing organisms. Heat and certain other physical agents such as live steam can be disinfectants, but in common usage the term is reserved for chemical substances such as mercury bichloride or phenol. Disinfectants are usually applied to inanimate objects since they are too strong to be used on living tissues. Chemical disinfectants are not always effective against spore-forming bacteria.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
disinfectant |
A chemical intended especially for use on instruments to destroy most pathogenic microorganisms.
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Disinfectant (software) |
Disinfectant was a popular anti-virus software program for the classic Macintosh operating system. It was originally released as freeware by John Norstad in 1988. New releases continued until the author retired the program in 1998, citing the new danger posed by macro viruses, which Disinfectant did not detect, and the inability of a single individual to possibly maintain a program that caught all of them.
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Translations:
Disinfectant |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - desinfektionsmiddel
adj. - bakteriedræbende
Nederlands (Dutch)
ontsmettingsmiddel
Français (French)
n. - désinfectant
adj. - désinfectant
Deutsch (German)
n. - Desinfektionsmittel, keimtötendes Mittel
adj. - desinfizierend, Desinfektion...
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απολυμαντικό, απολυμαντική ουσία
Italiano (Italian)
disinfettante
Português (Portuguese)
n. - desinfetante (m)
Русский (Russian)
дезинфицирующее средство
Español (Spanish)
n. - desinfectante
adj. - desinfectante
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - desinfektionsmedel
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
消毒剂, 杀菌剂, 消毒的, 杀菌的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 消毒劑, 殺菌劑
adj. - 消毒的, 殺菌的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 살균제
adj. - 살균의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 消毒の効力のある
n. - 防疫用殺菌消毒薬, 消毒剤
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مطهر, مبيد للجراثيم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חומר (בד"כ נוזל) מחטא
adj. - מחטא
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