About The Word Antiseptic
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Antiseptic
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What's The Definition Of Antiseptic?
[n] a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
[adj] (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School" [adj] clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices" [adj] 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" [adj] made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms; "sterilized instruments" [adj] freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism" Synonyms | Synonyms for Antiseptic: aseptic | bactericidal | clean | cleansing | disinfectant | germicidal | incorrupt | nonpurulent | purifying | sterile | sterilised | sterilized | uninfected | unobjectionable Related Terms | Find terms related to Antiseptic: acaricide | alcohol | anthelmintic | antibiotic | Argyrol | aseptic | bactericide | boiled | boric acid | bug bomb | calomel | camphor | carbamate insecticide | carbolic acid | chemosterilant | chloramine | chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide | contact poison | cresol | decontaminated | defoliant | disinfectant | disinfected | eradicant | fumigant | fumigator | fungicide | gentian violet | germicidal | germicide | gramicidin | herbicide | hexachloraphene | hydrogen peroxide | hygienic | insect powder | insecticide | iodine | Mercurochrome | Merthiolate | microbicide | miticide | organic chlorine | organic phosphate insecticide | pasteurized | peroxide | pesticide | phenol | phenyl salicylate | poison | prophylactic | rat poison | resorcinol | roach paste | roach powder | rodenticide | Salol | sanitary | silver vitellin | sterile | sterilized | stomach poison | systemic | systemic insecticide | thimerosal | thymol | tincture of iodine | toxic | toxicant | toxin | uninfected | venin | venom | vermicide | virus | weed killer See Also | Argyrol | chloramine | chloramine-T | chlorhexidine | fradicin | germfree | gramicidin | healthful | iodine | iodoform | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine | merbromine | Mercurochrome | Merthiolate | mild silver protein | Neobiotic | neomycin | sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate | thimerosal | tincture of iodine | triiodomethane Antiseptic In Webster's Dictionary \An`ti*sep"tic\, Antiseptical \An`ti*sep"tic*al\, a.
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. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona. |
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