Bible Dictionaries
Ermicide

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Destructive to germs; - applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases.

(2):

(n.) A germicide agent.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ermicide'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/ermicide.html. 1828.