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ANTISEPTICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
antiseptically (comparative more antiseptically, superlative most antiseptically)
In an antiseptic manner.
Regarding antisepsis.
Source: Wiktionary
An`ti*sep"tic*al*ly, adv.
Definition: By means of antiseptics.
ANTISEPTIC
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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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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