Definitions for: Disinfect

[v] destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"

Webster (1913) Definition: Dis`in*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.]
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy
putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

When the infectious matter and the infectious matter
and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to
deodorize is to disinfect. --Ure.

Antonyms: infect, taint

See Also: chlorinate, clean, make clean, sterilise, sterilize

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