Definition of Sporicides

1. Noun. (plural of sporicide) ¹

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Definition of Sporicides

1. sporicide [n] - See also: sporicide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporicides

spore mother cell
spore photoproduct lyase
spore print
spore prints
spore sac
sporebearing
spored
sporelike
sporeprint
sporeprints
spores
sporgeries
sporgery
sporicidal
sporicide
sporicides (current term)
sporid
sporidesmins
sporidia
sporidiferous
sporidium
sporids
sporiferous
sporification
sporifications
sporing
sporinite
sporinites
sporinitic
spork

Literary usage of Sporicides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1885)
"I have not seen any advantage obtained from the use of sporicides actively ... Happily there are several sporicides quite sufficiently certain for all ..."

2. Essay on Medical Pneumatology: A Physiological, Clinical, and Therapeutic by Jean Nicolas Demarquay (1889)
"... is one of the most effective disinfectants, antiseptics, germicides and sporicides yet discovered. Compared with other antiseptics, much in vogue, ..."

3. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1888)
"Doubtless still fewer will be found to be sporicides. " Their action is inhibitory only; they prevent germ development only when they are actually present. ..."

4. Transactions of the American Dental Association at Its ... Annual Session by American Dental Association (1886)
"Others will not destroy spores, hence the necessity for using sporicides, microbicides, germicides, and disinfectants. In bac- terio-therapy of dental ..."

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