germproof

[ jurm-proof ]

adjective

1. not vulnerable to the action or penetration of germs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of germproof¹

First recorded in 1900–05; germ + -proof

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the same US, with all its state-of-the-art technology and germproof suits, couldn’t prevent one of its nurses catching Ebola.

From The Guardian

Either we would head for the streets bearing clubs and torches, like the villagers in the Frankenstein movies, or we would bolt the doors like Howard Hughes, letting our fingernails grow toward heaven in prayers for a germproof sterility.

From Time Magazine Archive

It insists that the potentially dangerous moonstuff must be carried in germtight containers and must be stored when it reaches the earth in germproof rooms where it can be handled by remote control.

From Time Magazine Archive

The operating room itself, walled in apple-green glass tile, is soundproof, dustproof, conditioned by gravity-fed air, and as nearly germproof and explosion-proof as human ingenuity can make it.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Project Gutenberg