viricide

English

Etymology 1

virus +‎ -icide

Alternative forms

• virucide, viruscide

Noun

viricide (plural viricides)

1. (medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

Related terms

• virucidal

Translations

any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses

• Catalan: viricida m
• Finnish: virusmyrkky
• French: virucide (fr) m
• Italian: viricide m
• Portuguese: viricida m, virucida m

Etymology 2

Latin vir +‎ -icide

Noun

viricide (plural viricides)

1. The act of killing one's husband.

Synonyms

• mariticide

Coordinate terms

• uxoricide

Related terms

• viricidal

Italian

Noun

viricide m (plural viricidi)

1. (medicine) viricide

Anagrams

• recidivi, ridicevi, veridici