dictionary help| hygienic laboratory coefficient --> Rideal-Walker coefficient | medical dictionary |
A figure expressing the disinfecting power of any substance; it is obtained by dividing the figure indicating the degree of dilution of the disinfectant that kills a microorganism in a given time by that indicating the degree of dilution of phenol which kills the organism in the same space of time under similar conditions.
Synonyms: hygienic laboratory coefficient, phenol coefficient.
(05 Mar 2000)
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