1. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
   - bactericidal, germicidal

1. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
   - germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial

Derived forms: disinfectants

See also: antiseptic, disinfect

Type of: agent

Encyclopedia: Disinfectant

• Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky
• Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
• Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov
• Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin
• Aleksandr Pavlovich
• Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin
• Aleksandr Prokhorov
• Aleksandr Scriabin
• Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov
• Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov
• alembic
• alendronate
• Alep
• aleph
• aleph-nought
• aleph-null
• aleph-zero
• Alepisaurus
• Aleppo
• Aleppo boil
• Aleppo grass
• alert
• alerting