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Definition of radicidation in English:
radicidation
noun
Manufacturing TechnologyThe treatment of food with ionizing radiation in doses sufficient to reduce the number of viable pathogenic microorganisms to an undetectable level.
Origin
1960s. From classical Latin radiāre radiate + -cīd- + -ation.
