Essentialism, In ontology, the view that some properties of objects are essential to them. The âessenceâ of a thing is conceived as the totality of its essential properties. Theories of essentialism differ with respect to their conception of what it means to say that a property is essential to an object.
Decontamination is the process of removal of contaminating pathogenic microorganisms from the articles by a. process of sterilization or disinfection. It is the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy. living organisms on a surface so that the organisms are no longer infectious.
1. destructive of life. 2. a chemical substance produced by a microorganism that has the capacity, in dilute solutions, to kill other microorganisms or inhibit their growth. Antibiotics that are sufficiently nontoxic to the host are used as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious diseases.See also antimicrobial agent.ntibiotic (anÂ´tibÄ«otÂ´ik) , n an organic substance produced by one of several microorganisms, especially certain molds, that is capable, in low concentration, of destroying or inhibiting the growth of certain other microorganisms.