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Disinfection vs Disinfectation - What's the difference?

disinfection | disinfectation |

As nouns the difference between disinfection and disinfectation

is that disinfection is treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms while disinfectation is (nonstandard) disinfection.

disinfection

English

Noun

(-)
  • Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms

    • Related terms

    * disinfect * disinfectant

    disinfectation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard) disinfection
  • * 2007 , Wallace Peters, Geoffrey Pasvol, Atlas of tropical medicine and parasitology (page 22)
    • The use of DDT for disinfectation of louse-infested communities is a primary control measure in epidemic situations.