Dis′in‐fect″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n.Disinfecting.] To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one... then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.