antiseptic

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: {infected},
           {septic}]
    2: clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices"
    3: freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of
       sturdy criticism"
    4: devoid of objectionable language; "lyrics as antiseptic as
       Sunday School"
    n 1: a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry
         disease without harming body tissues
    

Antiseptic \An`ti*sep"tic\, n.
   a substance which kills or retards the growth of
   microorganisms, especially when used for protection against
   infection; a substance which prevents or retards
   putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive
   organisms; as, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona, and many
   other agents sold commercially.
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Antiseptic \An`ti*sep"tic\, Antiseptical \An`ti*sep"tic*al\, a.
   Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent
   tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
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   {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.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "antiseptic":
      Argyrol, Mercurochrome, Merthiolate, Salol, acaricide, alcohol,
      anthelmintic, antibiotic, aseptic, bactericide, boiled, boric acid,
      bug bomb, calomel, camphor, carbamate insecticide, carbolic acid,
      chemosterilant, chloramine, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide,
      contact poison, cresol, decontaminated, defoliant, disinfectant,
      disinfected, eradicant, fumigant, fumigator, fungicide,
      gentian violet, germicidal, germicide, gramicidin, herbicide,
      hexachloraphene, hydrogen peroxide, hygienic, insect powder,
      insecticide, iodine, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine,
      organic phosphate insecticide, pasteurized, peroxide, pesticide,
      phenol, phenyl salicylate, poison, prophylactic, rat poison,
      resorcinol, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, sanitary,
      silver vitellin, sterile, sterilized, stomach poison, systemic,
      systemic insecticide, thimerosal, thymol, tincture of iodine,
      toxic, toxicant, toxin, uninfected, venin, venom, vermicide, virus,
      weed killer