 antiseptic |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | |
| Examples: | "doctors in antiseptic green coats" "the antiseptic effect of alcohol" "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities" |
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| Related terms: | septic cleansing bactericidal aseptic nonpurulent uninfected clean healthful germfree | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] clean and honest | |
| Examples: | "antiseptic financial practices" |
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| Related terms: | incorrupt incorrupt | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language | |
| Examples: | "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School" |
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| Related terms: | clean | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms | |
| Synonyms: | sterilized | |
| Examples: | "sterilized instruments" |
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| Related terms: | germfree | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] freeing from error or corruption | |
| Examples: | "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism |
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| Related terms: | purifying | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms | |
| Synonyms: | sterilized sterilised | |
| Examples: | "sterilized instruments" |
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| Related terms: | germfree | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | |
| Related terms: | medicine chlorhexidine hexachloraphene iodoform gramicidin merbromine mild_silver_protein neomycin thimerosal tincture_of_iodine chloramine | |
| Similar spelling: |
antisepticize antigenic anti-Semitic antisepsis antispasmodic anodise antistrophic antiserum |
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