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photovirucidal

photovirucidal adjective: virucidal only (or especially) in the presence of light.

Adjective

photovirucidal (not comparable)

  1. Virucidal only (or especially) in the presence of light.
    • 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 Agents

Origin of photovirucidal

From photo- + virucidal.

Questions about photovirucidal

What does photovirucidal mean?
Photovirucidal means virucidal only (or especially) in the presence of light.
What part of speech is photovirucidal?
Photovirucidal is an adjective.

Words near photovirucidal in the dictionary

  1. photounbinding
  2. photounstable
  3. photouptake
  4. photovaristor
  5. photovaristors
  6. photovirucidal
  7. photoviscoelasticity
  8. photovisual
  9. photovoice
  10. photovoices
  11. photovoltachromic

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