Meanings
plural disinfections
- countableuncountableTreatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms.
Whether full-room disinfections are necessary is not always clear.
2020 March 27, Michael Schulson & Undark, “Deep Cleaners Have Their Day in a Nation Paralyzed by a Pathogen”, in Scientific American2 more examples
Recent activity in the field of blood product disinfection has been based on a photovirucidal approach, with the requirement that the other microbial branches are also susceptible.
2003, M Wainwright, “Local treatment of viral disease using photodynamic therapy”, in International Journal of Antimicrobial AgentsIn brief, after application of the speculum and disinfection of the cervix, the hysterovideoscope was introduced intracervically.
2015 December 12, “Factors Influencing the Recurrence Potential of Benign Endometrial Polyps after Hysteroscopic Polypectomy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishinfection
- Englishdisinfection
Translations
Bulgarian дезинфекция, обеззаразяване
- дезинфекция (dezinfekcija)treatment
- обеззаразяване (obezzarazjavane)treatment
Catalan desinfecció
- desinfecciótreatment
Chinese Mandarin 消毒
- 消毒 (xiāodú)treatment
Czech dezinfekce
- dezinfekcetreatment
Danish desinfektion, desinficering
- desinfektiontreatment
- desinficeringtreatment
Finnish desinfiointi
- desinfiointitreatment
French désinfection
- désinfectiontreatment
German Desinfektion, Desinfizierung
- Desinfektiontreatment
- Desinfizierungtreatment
Greek απολύμανση
- απολύμανση (apolýmansi)treatment
Hungarian fertőtlenítés
- fertőtlenítéstreatment
Indonesian desinfeksi
- desinfeksitreatment
Italian disinfezione
- disinfezionetreatment
Japanese 消毒
- 消毒 (shōdoku)treatment
Korean 소독
- 소독 (sodok)treatment
Malay penyahjangkitan, disinfeksi
- penyahjangkitantreatment
- disinfeksitreatment
- pembasmian kumantreatment
Norwegian Bokmål desinfeksjon, desinfisering
- desinfeksjontreatment
- desinfiseringtreatment
Polish dezynfekcja
- dezynfekcjatreatment
Portuguese desinfecção
- desinfecçãotreatment
Russian дезинфе́кция, обеззара́живание
- дезинфе́кция (dezinfékcija)treatment
- обеззара́живание (obezzaráživanije)treatment
Slovak dezinfekcia
- dezinfekciatreatment
Spanish desinfección
- desinfeccióntreatment
Swedish desinfektion
- desinfektiontreatment
Tagalog des-impeksiyon, pagdes-impekta
- des-impeksiyontreatment
- pagdes-impektatreatment
Ukrainian дезінфе́кція, знезара́ження
- дезінфе́кція (dezinfékcija)treatment
- знезара́ження (znezarážennja)treatment
- знезара́жування (znezarážuvannja)treatment
Vietnamese sự tẩy uế
- sự tẩy uếtreatment
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disinfection
Cite this entry
disinfection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinfection
“disinfection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinfection. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinfection,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinfection.
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