Effective use of disinfectant is an important subject in relation to infection control in hospitals.
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Disinfectant
//dɪs.ɪnˈfɛktənt//
Synonyms for "disinfectant" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (31)
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3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُطَهِّر noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Armenian
2 entries- ախտահանիչ միջոց noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- մանրէասպան միջոց noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Belarusian
2 entries- дэзінфектант noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- дэзінфекцыйны сродак noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Catalan
2 entries- desinfectant adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- desinfectant noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 消毒劑 /消毒剂 adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- 消毒劑 /消毒剂 noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Czech
2 entries- dezinfekční adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- dezinfekční prostředek noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Danish
2 entries- desinficerende adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- desinfektionsmiddel noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Dutch
3 entries- antisepticum noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- desinfectans noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- ontsmettingsmiddel noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Finnish
1 entries- desinfiointiaine adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
French
1 entries- désinfectant noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Galician
2 entries- desinfectante adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- desinfectante noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
German
2 entries- desinfizierend adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- Desinfektionsmittel noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Greek
2 entries- απολυμαντικός adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- απολυμαντικό noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Hindi
1 entries- निस्संक्रामक noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Indonesian
1 entries- disinfektan noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Italian
1 entries- disinfettante noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Japanese
1 entries- 消毒剤 noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Kazakh
1 entries- зарарсыздандырғыш noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Korean
1 entries- 소독제 noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Desinfektiounsmëttel noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Malay
2 entries- disinfektan noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- penyahkuman noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Māori
2 entries- patu huakita adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- (rongoā) patu huakita noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- desinfeksjonsmiddel noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- desinfeksjonsmiddel noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Occitan
2 entries- desinfectant adj (of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
- desinfectant noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Portuguese
1 entries- desinfetante noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Romanian
1 entries- dezinfectant noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Russian
1 entries- дезинфици́рующее сре́дство noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Spanish
1 entries- desinfectante noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Swedish
1 entries- desinfektionsmedel noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Tagalog
1 entries- pandes-impekta noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Turkish
1 entries- dezenfektan noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thuốc tẩy uế noun (A substance which kills germs and/or viruses)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
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Pharmacists said they had sold out of surgical masks, hand-sanitizers and disinfectant wipes.
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A young mother painstakingly applies disinfectant cloths to clean meticulously the baby rattles for her gurgling blue-eyed infant bouncing happily on her lap.
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