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      disinfection
      noun
      treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms
      Roots
      disdis- · Latin · reversal, removalinin- · Latin · intofacerefect- · Latin · to make, doio-ion · Latin · act of
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      Where does disinfection come from?

      The word disinfection breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“reversal, removal”); in-, from Latin in (“into”); fect, from Latin facere (“to make, do”); and -ion, from Latin io (“act of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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