Definition for
antiseptic
– Pertaining to antisepsis; inimical to the growth and activity of the micro-organisms of disease, putrefaction, or fermentation.
noun – Anything which destroys the microorganisms of disease, putrefaction, or fermentation, or which restricts their growth and multiplication.
adjective – Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
adjective – that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.
noun – a substance which kills or retards the growth of microorganisms, especially when used for protection against infection; a substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona, and many other agents sold commercially.
adjective –
Of, or relating to
adjective –
Capable of
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