Meaning & use
Sporicidal
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Capable of killing spores, particularly bacterial or fungal spores.
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Hospitals use sporicidal disinfectants to eliminate resistant bacterial spores from surfaces.
The cleaning solution is sporicidal against common mold spores.
A note on using this word
Sporicidal agents are considered a higher standard of disinfection than ordinary bactericidal cleaners, since spores are especially resistant to destruction.
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spore-killing
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