Viricide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Viricide is a noun meaning (medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.
Meaning
(medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.
More Meanings
- The act of killing one's husband.
Example Sentences
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: […]
Word Forms
- viricides
- virucide
- viruscide
Synonyms for viricide
Depending on context, synonyms include husbandicide, mariticide, virucide.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include virucide, viruscide, viracide, virostatic, disinfectant, verminicide.
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