ANTISEPTICS
Noun
antiseptics
plural of antiseptic
Anagrams
• psittacines
Source: Wiktionary
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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