antiseptic

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adj completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating

noun. agent for negating the effect of an infection or poison

adjective. sterile

adjective. sterile

noun. strong disinfectant, solvent

adjective. dispassionate

noun. substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness

1750, coined from anti- "against" + septic. Figurative use by 1820. As a noun meaning "an antiseptic substance" by 1803.

Crystals of iodine as opposed to permanganate of potash for antiseptic he discussed.

Hardly an antiseptic, Doctor; wouldn't you say, rather, a cauterizing agent.

Soap, as an antiseptic, 326;its relation to hard and soft water, 134.

Irritant, cathartic, stimulant, and antiseptic; one to one and a half pounds.

Compare "antiseptic," "antinomian," "ultramontane," "semicircle."

The iodine open dressing isn't beautiful, but it is antiseptic.

They'd given me the antiseptic works in Homestead, I recalled.

Before the antiseptic spray ceased, Mryna was helplessly naked.

Upon it the antiseptic system of Professor Lister of Edinburgh is founded.

Hops, it may be remarked, act to some extent as an antiseptic to beer.