Illustration: In a neighborhood clinic, a nurse wearing disposable gloves wipes a small area of an adult patient’s exposed upper arm with a fresh antiseptic pad. A sealed syringe packet and additional individually wrapped pads rest on a clean tray beside them, establishing preparation for an injection.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

消しょう毒どく

shoudoku

to disinfect

Example sentences

  1. 哺乳瓶ほにゅうびんは煮沸しゃふつ消毒しょうどくすること。

    Boil the milk bottles.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 眼科がんかで目めの洗浄せんじょうや消毒しょうどくに使つかわれる。

    It is used for washing and disinfecting eyes at ophthalmological clinics.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 剪定せんていの際さいは不要ふような枝えだを根元ねもとから切きり取とり、その傷口きずぐちを消毒しょうどくし保護剤ほございで保護ほごする。

    At pruning, unnecessary branches should be cut from the bases and the cut ends should be disinfected and protected by protective materials.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 消毒

  • 消extinguish; turn offOnショウKunきえる・けす
  • 毒poison; virusOnドク

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