adjective
- capable of destroying or inactivating viruses
Usage: medical; scientific
Examples
- The hospital uses virucidal disinfectants to clean surfaces.
- Alcohol-based hand sanitizers have virucidal properties.
- The new cleaning solution proved highly virucidal against common pathogens.
- Researchers tested the virucidal effectiveness of various compounds.
- UV light has strong virucidal effects on many microorganisms.
- The virucidal treatment eliminated the virus from the contaminated equipment.