Antiseptic Definition

ăntĭ-sĕptĭk
adjective
Preventing infection, decay, etc. by inhibiting the action of microorganisms.
Webster's New World
Devoid of infectious agents.
American Heritage
Using antiseptics.
Webster's New World
Of or associated with the use of antiseptics.
American Heritage
Free from infection or infectious agents; sterile.
Webster's New World
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noun
Any substance that inhibits the action of microorganisms.
Webster's New World
A substance that prevents infection by inhibiting the growth of infectious agents.
American Heritage Medicine

Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).

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Noun

Singular:
antiseptic
Plural:
antiseptics

Origin of Antiseptic

  • anti- +‎ septic

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Antiseptic Sentence Examples

  • The antiseptic pine-laced air from the hallway made her nose wrinkle.

  • Thus if a little diphtheritic sputum were coughed into a person's eye, or some blood containing anthrax bacilli were to touch a raw spot upon the hand, the removal of microbes in either case by washing with simple water might be regarded as a means of passive defence, whilst washing them away with an antiseptic lotion might be regarded as active defence, because the antiseptic would tend not only to remove but to destroy the microbes.

  • Its principal action is as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

  • This releases chloric acid, which, being an extremely powerful antiseptic, kills the bacteria to which the ulcers are due.

  • No case' of so-called " spontaneous generation " has withstood rigid investigation; but the discussion contributed to more exact ideas as to the ubiquity, minuteness, and high powers of resistance to physical agents of the spores of Schizomycetes, and led to more exact ideas of antiseptic treatments.

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