ANTISEPTIC

antiseptic

(adjective) devoid of objectionable language; “lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School”

antiseptic

(adjective) clean and honest; “antiseptic financial practices”

antiseptic

(adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; “doctors in antiseptic green coats”; “the antiseptic effect of alcohol”; “it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities”

antiseptic

(adjective) freeing from error or corruption; “the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism”

antiseptic

(noun) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

antiseptic (comparative more antiseptic, superlative most antiseptic)

Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.

(pharmaceutical effect) Capable of preventing microbial infection.

Very clean; aseptic.

Free of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.

Noun

antiseptic (plural antiseptics)

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).

Anagrams

• psittacine

Source: Wiktionary

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An`ti*sep"tic, An`ti*sep"tic*al, a.

Definition: Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.

An`ti*sep"tic, n.

Definition: A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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