What does viricide mean?
Viricide means (medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses..
The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […]
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Viricide means (medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses..
Common synonyms include husbandicide, mariticide, virucide.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […]
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