Definition of Sporicide

1. Noun. A substance that kills spores. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sporicide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sporicide

1. An agent that kills spores. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporicide

spore germination protease
spore mother cell
spore photoproduct lyase
spore print
spore prints
spore sac
sporebearing
spored
sporelike
sporeprint
sporeprints
spores
sporgeries
sporgery
sporicidal
sporicide (current term)
sporicides
sporid
sporidesmins
sporidia
sporidiferous
sporidium
sporids
sporiferous
sporification
sporifications
sporing
sporinite
sporinites
sporinitic

Literary usage of Sporicide

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

1. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"Examination of the sporicide Power. § 504. ... were cultivated envelop them on the silk thread and protect them against the action of the sporicide agent. ..."

2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"Examination of the sporicide Power. § 504. ... were cultivated envelop them on the silk thread and protect them against the action of the sporicide agent. ..."

3. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1885)
"You must leave the treatment of ringworm to the mother or the nurse, who can follow directions day by day, and apply the sporicide, at least, ..."

4. Medical Rhymes: A Collection of Rhymes of Ye Anciente Time, and Rhymes of by Hugo Erichsen (1884)
"May the sporicide rise, and with each passing day Drench the vermin before they're aware, oh! With the clear sparkling foam of the murderous spray, ..."

5. Essay on Medical Pneumatology: A Physiological, Clinical, and Therapeutic by Jean Nicolas Demarquay (1889)
"It is a germicide of scarcely less power, and. what is more important, is a certain and potent sporicide ; whereas it is now well known that many active ..."

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