VIRUCIDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does virucidal mean? 

• VIRUCIDAL (adjective)
  The adjective VIRUCIDAL has 1 sense:

1. tending to destroy viruses

  Familiarity information: VIRUCIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIRUCIDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to destroy viruses

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

viricidal; virucidal

Pertainym:

virucide (an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses)

Derivation:

virucide (an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses)

 Context examples 

Dapivirine has activity against wild-type virus strains and strains harboring different NNRTI resistance-inducing mutations and may have direct virucidal activity.

(Dapivirine, NCI Thesaurus)