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Disinfection

//dɪsɪnˈfɛkʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms. countable, uncountable

    "Recent activity in the field of blood product disinfection has been based on a photovirucidal approach, with the requirement that the other microbial branches are also susceptible."

  2. 2
    treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms wordnet

Etymology

From dis- + infection.

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