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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Antiseptic \An`ti*sep"tic\, Antiseptical \An`ti*sep"tic*al\, a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. {Antiseptic surgery}, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Antiseptic \An`ti*sep"tic\, n. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from putrefactive organisms; as salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: antiseptic adj 1: 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" [ant: {septic}] 2: clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices" 3: freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism 4: made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms; "sterilized instruments" [syn: {sterilized}] 5: (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School" n : a substance that destroys disease-causing micro-organisms without harming body tissues
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