antiseptic
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When they visit St. Cloud’s and meet Dr. Larch, they are disconcerted by “an antiseptic smell, or something medicinal” in his office.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
But these once surefire hits have never been so limp and antiseptic.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025
They are not like a hospital: No freezing temperatures, no incessant beeping, no antiseptic odor smell.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025
Then, later that day, when Megumi, a relative newbie at the sport, cut her hand on the wall, Gordon jumped in to offer her an antiseptic wipe.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
It was a dusty, battered tube of ordinary antiseptic cream, such as Will could have bought in any pharmacy in his world.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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