Meanings
noungonocide (plural gonocides)
plural gonocides
- Any material that kills bacteria of the genus Gonococcus.
The argyrol and protargol solutions appear to have been used with excellent results in spite of the fact that Post and Nicoll declare that they have slight effect as gonocides.
1916, Military Medicine, volume 39, page 605Synonyms: gonococcicide
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny material that kills bacteria of the genus Gonococcus.
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From a shortened form of gonococcus + -cide.
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