viricide

English

Etymology 1

From virus +‎ -icide.

Alternative forms

Noun

viricide (plural viricides)

  1. (medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.
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Etymology 2

From Latin vir +‎ -icide.

Noun

viricide (uncountable)

  1. The act of killing one's husband.
    Synonyms: husbandicide, mariticide
    Coordinate term: uxoricide
    • 1766, [Melchior de Polignac], translated by George Canning, A Translation of Anti-Lucretius, London: […] [F]or the Author; And sold by J. Dodsley, J. Almon, […], →OCLC, page 71:
      The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […]
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Italian

Noun

viricide m (plural viricidi)

  1. (medicine) viricide

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