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Definition of Fumigation
1. Noun. The application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it.
Definition of Fumigation
1. n. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Definition of Fumigation
1. Noun. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection. ¹
2. Noun. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fumigation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fumigation
1. The application of smoke, vapor, or gas for the purpose of disinfecting or destroying pests or microorganisms. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumigation
Literary usage of Fumigation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"fumigation.—At the last meeting of this Convention I presented a paper on ...
For a more thorough discussion of the field of fumigation I would refer you to ..."
2. The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (2001)
"They must either wash themselves or fumigate other people. Some of the lower
classes had rather die than wash, but the fumigation of ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1888)
"Dr. Mohn says that the cases he tried the fumigation in " were healed as if by
... I applied the method of fumigation by sulphur according to the ..."
4. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"fumigation In theory, fumigation is the best method for the control of insects.
... In either case, successful fumigation depends upon the liberation of a ..."
5. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"THE fumigation OF THE SOIL. In the winter of 1905 I commenced a series of
experiments with a view to rinding something that would effectually rid the soil ..."
6. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"REGULATIONS FOR THE fumigation OF NURSERY STOCK. Toronto, April 7th, 1899.
The following regulations have been prescribed by Order of the ..."
7. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1915)
"It is in the large institution work where margins of time must be most carefully
considered. THOROUGH fumigation FOR BUFFALO ..."
8. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1868)
"The choice between fumigation and inunction, in most cases in private ...
fumigation.—Mercurial fumigation was employed at a very early period in the ..."
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