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gonocide

gonocide noun: any material that kills bacteria of the genus Gonococcus.

Noun

gonocide (plural gonocides)

  1. 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 605
    Synonyms:
    gonococcicide

Synonyms of gonocide

Forms of gonocide

pluralgonocides

Origin of gonocide

From a shortened form of gonococcus + -cide.

Questions about gonocide

What does gonocide mean?
Gonocide means any material that kills bacteria of the genus Gonococcus.
What part of speech is gonocide?
Gonocide is a noun.
What is the plural of gonocide?
The plural of gonocide is gonocides.

Words near gonocide in the dictionary

  1. gonochorism
  2. gonochorismus
  3. gonochorist
  4. gonochoristic
  5. gonochorists
  6. gonocide
  7. gonocides
  8. gonococcal
  9. gonococcemia
  10. gonococci
  11. gonococcic

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