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Definition of Disinfection

1. Noun. Treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms.

Definition of Disinfection

1. n. The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Definition of Disinfection

1. Noun. Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms ¹

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Definition of Disinfection

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Medical Definition of Disinfection

1. A cleaning process which destroys of most microorganism, but not highly resistant forms such as bacterial and mycotic spores or the AIDS virus. (08 Jan 1998)

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Literary usage of Disinfection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report (1905)
"disinfection BY MEANS OF FORMALDEHYDE AND POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE. JAS. G. GUMMING. The use of disinfectants and antiseptics as preservatives began at a ..."

2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"disinfection by heat may be effected— 1. By ignition or combustion. 2. ... Hot air is used in the laboratory for the disinfection (| 53) of glass vessels, ..."

3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"disinfection means the destruction of the agents causing infection. ... disinfection, then, deals only with destroying the vitality of those minute forms of ..."

4. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"disinfection and Disinfectants.—Sunlight, pure air and cleanliness are always very important agents in maintaining health and in protecting the body against ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Mouth disinfection in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Pneumonia. ... Diseases, 1906, iii, 774) has studied the effect of disinfection of the mouth in the ..."

6. Pathogenic Micro-organisms: Including Bacteria and Protozoa; a Practical by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams (1905)
"Disinfectants and Methods of disinfection Employed in the House and Sick-room. disinfection and Disinfectants.—Sunlight, pure air, and cleanliness are ..."

7. Introduction to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: Including Their Cause and by Millard Langfeld (1907)
"disinfection AND DISINFECTANTS.* The purpose of disinfection is to prevent the spread of the communicable diseases. In its application it aims at the ..."

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