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antiseptic

[an-tuh-sep-tik]

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adjective

pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.

free from or cleaned of germs and other microorganisms.

exceptionally clean or neat.

free of contamination or pollution.

noun

an antiseptic agent.

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Origin:
1745–55; anti- + septic

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Over time, it slowly releases chlorhexidine, a powerful bacteria-killing antiseptic.

Try as one might, this perfect, antiseptic world some people envisage is unattainable.

Hydrogen peroxide is a potent oxidant and antiseptic that rapidly destroys living matter.

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Over time, it slowly releases chlorhexidine, a powerful bacteria-killing antiseptic.

Try as one might, this perfect, antiseptic world some people envisage is unattainable.

Hydrogen peroxide is a potent oxidant and antiseptic that rapidly destroys living matter.

Vinegar's antiseptic properties also proved beneficial.

Checkered flag carpets line the antiseptic hallways.

Use another plastic bag for antiseptic cleansing solution.

In infants or young children, the area is cleansed with antiseptic and punctured with a sharp needle or a lancet.

Levine recommends an equal mixture of hydrogen peroxide and antiseptic mouthwash.

Your doctor may recommend antiseptic soap or peroxide washes to speed recovery.

They never say anything controversial and are therefore annoyingly antiseptic.

For an infant or young child, the area is cleansed with antiseptic and punctured with a sharp needle or a lancet.

Researchers find evidence that those who feel guilty crave antiseptic wipes.

People who didn't use an antiseptic wipe expected their chosen jam to taste better than the rejected one.

In addition to solid deodorant and antiseptic creams, white bread is also popular as a crack look-alike, officials say.

It has one mildly lewd scene and some antiseptic dead bodies.

The limes were for squeezing into my open wound, a crude but effective antiseptic.

Dutkina's daughter is suffering from diphtheria, a doctor treats the girl's throat with the only antiseptic available.

But the antiseptic terms used to describe layoffs are irritating, to say the least.

Antiseptic offices have been transformed into colorful, playful environments.

And then there is the smell of antiseptic infused with cafeteria grub that inspires in visitors a kind of anti-madeleine moment.

They seem to teach that technology can make us invulnerable and that war is clean, neat and antiseptic.

Ornston's was not the kind of antiseptic correspondence normally circulated among buttoned-down lawyers.

Another test offered a choice of object: a pencil or an antiseptic wipe.

There is cough syrup, cold tablets and antiseptic cream as well.

The garden of the prologue is an antiseptic space peopled by the well dressed and high minded.

The antiseptic cleansing solution will feel cold at first and may irritate your skin if not washed off after the procedure.

For those who find plastic laminates and stainless steel too antiseptic to work on, this two-drawer, clear maple worktable.

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antiseptic (ˌæntɪˈsɛptɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, or effecting antisepsis
2.	entirely free from contamination
3.	informal lacking spirit or excitement; clinical

—n
4.	an antiseptic agent or substance

anti'septically

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

antiseptic

1751, coined from anti- "against" + septic, from Gk. sepsis "putrefaction."

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Medical Dictionary

antiseptic an·ti·sep·tic (ān'tĭ-sěp'tĭk)
adj.