If you are out to kill some microorganisms, an antiseptic will come in handy! If you go to a hospital for a cut on your arm, the nurse will apply an antiseptic to the wound because it will kill any bacteria, while not harming your healthy skin.
A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms;
Noun
a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
Adjective S.
(extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"
Adjective S.
clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices"
Adjective
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"
Adjective S.
made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms; "sterilized instruments"
Adjective S.
freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"
a.
Alt. of Antiseptical
n.
A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or
destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic
acid, alcohol, cinchona.
Antiseptic
A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms;
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