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disinfectant
 
Adjective disinfectant has 1 sense
  1. bactericidal, disinfectant, germicidal - preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
    Antonym: septic (indirect, via antiseptic)
Noun disinfectant has 1 sense
  1. disinfectant, germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial - an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
    --1 is a kind of agent
    --1 has particulars: cetrimide; sodium hypochlorite
    Derived form: verb disinfect1
disincentive disincentives disinclination disinclination disincline disinclined disinegrate disinfect disinfectant disinfectant vs antiseptic disinfectent disinfection disinfest disinfestation disinfestation officer disinfibulated disinflation

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