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nd the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.

That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.

The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

ate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.

One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

crystalline substance (chemically, tribromophenol, C6H2Br3OH), used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant. -- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances. -- Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few y…

An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiariries.

An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative in museums and as a disinfectant.

The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.

An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.

To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.

r, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.