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Webster 1913 Edition

disinfection

disˊin-fec′tion

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Noun.

The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disinfection

DISINFECTION

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Noun.

Purification from infecting matter.

Definition 2024

disinfection

disinfection

English

Noun

disinfection ‎(countable and uncountable, plural disinfections)

Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms

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Translations

treatment

Bulgarian: дезинфекция (bg) f ‎(dezinfekcija), обеззаразяване n ‎(obezzarazjavane)
Catalan: desinfecció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消毒 (zh) ‎(xiāodú)
Czech: dezinfekce (cs) f
Finnish: desinfektointi (fi)
French: désinfection (fr) f
German: Desinfizierung f

Greek: απολύμανση (el) f ‎(apolýmansi)
Italian: disinfezione (it) f
Japanese: 消毒 (ja) ‎(しょうどく, shōdoku)
Korean: 소독 (ko) ‎(sodok) (消毒 (ko))
Portuguese: desinfecção f
Russian: дезинфе́кция (ru) f ‎(dezinfékcija), обеззара́живание (ru) n ‎(obezzaráživanije)
Spanish: desinfección (es) f
Swedish: desinfektion (sv) c
Vietnamese: sự tẩy uế (vi)