germicide
pronunciation
How to pronounce germicide in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɜ:mɪsaɪd]
How to pronounce germicide in American English:
US [ˈdʒɜrmɪsaɪd]
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- Noun:
- an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
Word Origin
- germicide (n.)
- "substance capable of killing germs, 1881, from germ + -cide. Related: Germicidal.
Example
- 1. Herbicide , insecticide , acaricide , aphicide and germicide etc.
- 2. The chemical control experiments of lily fungus diseases were done by lily seed disinfection , soil disinfection and germicide control .
- 3. The results indicate that appropriate irradiation dose ( 20w uv ray germicide light radiated 0.5 min ) can enhance total phosphorus ( tp ) removal rate of activated sludge by 4 % ~ 8 % .
- 4. Determination of enilconazole in germicide by ion-pair high performance liquid chromatography .
- 5. Effects of bioassay stability on method of dissolution , preserved time in germicide .