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An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
Answer for the clue "An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease ", 9 letters:
germicide
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Word definitions for germicide in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1880, from germ + -cide .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease [syn: disinfectant , antimicrobic , antimicrobial ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
germicide \ger"mi*cide\ (j[~e]r"m[i^]*s[imac]d), n. A germicidal agent. -- a. Germicidal.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Germicide is a live album by the punk rock band the Germs . Performing live at the Whisky a Go Go in 1977, Darby Crash and the Germs were at the beginning of their career. At this time, Crash performed using the name Bobby Pyn. Darby and the audience feud ...
Usage examples of germicide.
Koch saw little of him and worried and wished he would not go on his calls smelling of germicides and of his menagerie of animals.
To keep stray germs of the air from falling into their bottles some heroic searchers did their inoculations in an actual rain of poisonous germicides!
And, having seen it all from her place across the street, Aunt Annie De Kalb, a wee wisp of a woman, but with the tensile strength of beryllium steel, hurried across with band-aids, germicides, words of comfort, and buckets of hot nourishing lentil soup.