germicidal
adjective
ger·mi·cid·al
ˌjər-mə-ˈsī-dᵊl 
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Linda Anderson keys in a code and steps out of a room at Mercy Anderson Hospital as an ultraviolet germicidal robot kicks on, lights up and kills sneaky germs that might’ve been skipped over with other disinfecting routines.
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Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2020
Some products sold now that claim to be germicidal are actually the wrong wavelength, says Andrea Armani, a chemical engineering and materials scientist at the University of Southern California.
—Jeanne Erdmann, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
Humans have known for over a hundred years that UV radiation can kill deadly germs, and hospitals have used germicidal 254-nm UVC to sterilize objects for decades.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
The key goal of using a UV germicidal lamp on a robot relates to its ability to position itself at many locations thus providing wide disinfecting coverage.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
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Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2020
Some products sold now that claim to be germicidal are actually the wrong wavelength, says Andrea Armani, a chemical engineering and materials scientist at the University of Southern California.
—Jeanne Erdmann, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
Humans have known for over a hundred years that UV radiation can kill deadly germs, and hospitals have used germicidal 254-nm UVC to sterilize objects for decades.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
The key goal of using a UV germicidal lamp on a robot relates to its ability to position itself at many locations thus providing wide disinfecting coverage.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
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germicidal
adjective
ger·mi·cid·al
ˌjər-mə-ˈsīd-ᵊl
: of or relating to a germicide
also
: destroying germs
Medical Definition
germicidal
adjective
ger·mi·cid·al
ˌjər-mə-ˈsīd-ᵊl
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