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    3. 消毒

    消毒

    消しょう毒どく

    disinfection

    N2KMT8News #19+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab18 strokes

    しょうどく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    disinfection, sterilization, sterilisation

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    怪け我がをしたので、傷きず口ぐちを消しょう毒どくしました。

    I got injured, so I disinfected the wound.

    KMT5Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    手て洗あらいの後あと、アルコールで手てを消しょう毒どくしましょう。

    After washing your hands, let's disinfect them with alcohol.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    病びょう院いんでは、感かん染せん予よ防ぼうのために徹てっ底ていした消しょう毒どくが行おこなわれています。

    In hospitals, thorough disinfection is carried out to prevent infection.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    医い療りょう器き具ぐは使し用よう前まえに必かならず滅めっ菌きん消しょう毒どくが必ひつ要ようです。

    Medical instruments must be sterilized and disinfected before use.

    KMT9Medicine & Health
    調ちょう理り器き具ぐは、使し用よう後ごにきちんと消しょう毒どくすることが食しょく中ちゅう毒どく予よ防ぼうになります。

    Properly disinfecting cooking utensils after use helps prevent food poisoning.

    KMT9Food & DiningMedicine & HealthDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    消
    き.える・け.す…(1)
    extinguish・blow out・turn off・neutralize・cancel
    毒
    poison・virus・venom・germ・harm…(2)
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