disinfection

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ infection

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪsɪnˈfɛkʃən/
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

disinfection (countable and uncountable, plural disinfections)

Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms

Related terms

Translations

treatment

Bulgarian: дезинфекция (bg) f (dezinfekcija), обеззаразяване n (obezzarazjavane)
Catalan: desinfecció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消毒 (zh) (xiāodú)
Czech: dezinfekce (cs) f
Finnish: desinfektointi (fi)
French: désinfection (fr) f
German: Desinfektion (de) f, Desinfizierung f
Greek: απολύμανση (el) f (apolýmansi)
Italian: disinfezione (it) f
Japanese: 消毒 (ja) (しょうどく, shōdoku)

Korean: 소독 (ko) (sodok) (消毒 (ko))
Norwegian:
Bokmål: desinfeksjon m, desinfisering (no) m or f

Nynorsk: desinfeksjon m, desinfisering f
Polish: dezynfekcja (pl) f
Portuguese: desinfecção f
Russian: дезинфе́кция (ru) f (dezinfékcija), обеззара́живание (ru) n (obezzaráživanije)
Slovak: dezinfekcia f
Spanish: desinfección (es) f
Swedish: desinfektion (sv) c
Vietnamese: sự tẩy uế (vi)

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