photovirucidal
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editphotovirucidal (not comparable)
- Virucidal only (or especially) in the presence of light.
- 2003, M Wainwright, “Local treatment of viral disease using photodynamic therapy”, in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents:
- Recent activity in the field of blood product disinfection has been based on a photovirucidal approach, with the requirement that the other microbial branches are also susceptible.