disease-germs
41bi´o|log´i|cal|ly — bi|o|log|i|cal «BY uh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of plant and animal life; connected with the processes of life: »biological science. 2. having to do with biology: »a biological laboratory. 3. for use in or prepared by a biological… …
42bi|o|log|i|cal — «BY uh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of plant and animal life; connected with the processes of life: »biological science. 2. having to do with biology: »a biological laboratory. 3. for use in or prepared by a biological laboratory:… …
43cor|pus|cle — «KR puh suhl, puhs uhl», noun. 1. any of the cells that form a large part of blood and lymph. Red corpuscles carry oxygen from the lungs to various parts of the body and remove carbon dioxide; some white corpuscles destroy disease germs. 2.… …
44de|germ — «dee JURM», transitive verb. 1. to eliminate disease germs from. 2. to remove the seeds or kernels from (a grain): »to germ wheat …
45de|zy|mo|tize — «dee ZY muh tyz», transitive verb, tized, tiz|ing. to free from disease germs. ╂[< de + zymot(ic) + ize] …
46dis|in|fec|tion — «DIHS ihn FEHK shuhn», noun. the destruction of disease germs …
47house|fly — «HOWS FLY», noun, plural flies. a common two winged fly that lives around and in houses in all parts of the world, feeding on food, garbage, and filth. Houseflies carry disease germs. Housefly larvae or maggots develop in decaying organic matter …
48leu|ko|cyte — «LOO kuh syt», noun. one of the tiny, colorless cells in the blood that has a nucleus and destroys disease germs; white blood cell; white corpuscle. Normal blood contains five recognized types, the neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil, lymphocyte,… …
49ra|di|ci|da|tion — «RAY duh suh DAY shuhn», noun. the irradiation of food to destroy disease germs. ╂[< radi (ation) + cide1 + ation] …
50vec|tion — «VEHK shuhn», noun. Medicine. the act of conveying disease germs. ╂[< Latin vectiō, ōnis a carrying, conveyance < vehere carry] …
