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Germicide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.
  2. 2
    an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease wordnet

Etymology

From germ + -cide.

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