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DISINFECT

\dˌɪsɪnfˈɛkt], \dˌɪsɪnfˈɛkt], \d_ˌɪ_s_ɪ_n_f_ˈɛ_k_t]\

Definitions of DISINFECT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To cleanse from infection; to purify.
Disinfection, disinfector.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To destroy microorganisms in or on any substance or to inhibit their growth and vital activity.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

To purify from contagious matter; to cleanse; to free from infection.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

To free from infection.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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