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  • adjective Resistant to germs.

Etymologies

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germ +‎ -proof

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Examples

  • By late Monday afternoon, Boca Raton fire rescue vehicles and unmarked trucks and vans had descended on the American Media office building and investigators in white germproof suits were combing the ramp leading into the underground parking lot.

    Anthrax Alarm 2007

  • Now, we already told you about the nasty sponges and how important hand washing is, but there are some other steps can you take to germproof your kitchen, pretty much.

    CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2004 2004

  • He had to wear a germproof bio-suit most of the time in Sri Lanka, a real misery in all that heat, but it had been better than coming down with the man-made plagues that both sides had used in the last round of their civil war.

    Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

  • And since it is a recognized fact that germs abhor orderliness and straight lines they now go elsewhere to reside, and the doctor may still retain his traditional aspect and yet be practically germproof.

    Speaking of Operations 1910

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