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noun an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Italic *wiros Latin vir English -icide English viricide From Latin vir + English -icide.
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