noun
- a substance that kills spores, especially bacterial or fungal spores
Usage: medical; scientific
Examples
- The hospital uses a powerful sporicide to sterilize surgical instruments.
- Hydrogen peroxide is an effective sporicide against bacterial spores.
- The laboratory tested various sporicides for their effectiveness.
- Medical facilities require sporicides that can eliminate resistant spores.
- The sporicide treatment ensured complete sterilization of the equipment.
- Researchers developed a new sporicide for pharmaceutical manufacturing.