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disinfectation

disinfectation noun: disinfection.

Noun

disinfectation (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard) disinfection
    • The use of DDT for disinfectation of louse-infested communities is a primary control measure in epidemic situations.2007, Wallace Peters, Geoffrey Pasvol, Atlas of tropical medicine and parasitology, page 22

Origin of disinfectation

From disinfect + -ation.

Questions about disinfectation

What does disinfectation mean?
Disinfectation means disinfection.
What part of speech is disinfectation?
Disinfectation is a noun.

Words near disinfectation in the dictionary

  1. disinfectable
  2. disinfectant
  3. disinfectant time
  4. disinfectant times
  5. disinfectants
  6. disinfectation
  7. disinfected
  8. disinfecter
  9. disinfecters
  10. disinfecting
  11. disinfection

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