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germicide

noun

An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.

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The compound 4-chlorophenol is a starting material for making 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol, a germicide; it can also be converted to acetophenetidin (also known as phenacetin), an analgesic.

It's not as crazy as it sounds, because honey is renowned as an exfoliant, moisturiser – and an effective germicide.

Bleaching powder was later replaced by liquid chlorine, which also came into widespread use as a germicide for public water supplies.

The cars themselves are equipped with ultraviolet germicide lamps.

Roach devotes careful attention to the design of Apollo's "fecal bag," a clumsy receptacle into which germicide had to be manually massaged.

The most popular douche brand in the US was Lysol, an antiseptic disinfectant advertised both as a household germicide for use in toilet bowls and a feminine hygiene product.

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Eugenol is used in germicides, perfumes, and mouthwashes, in the synthesis of vanillin, and as a sweetener or intensifier.

The cresols are strong germicides, and in low concentrations they are effective disinfectants and antiseptics.

Antiseptics and germicides are classified and described in the table.

Antiseptics, disinfectants, and antibiotics are all germicides; i.e., they are all substances that kill microorganisms.

Those already held were captured in a raid on Osaka's "Leper Avenue" when police wore rubber gloves and ragged uniforms drenched with germicides to ward off germs of the dread disease.

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