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| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : an-tuh-sep-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn təˈsɛp tɪk |
Definition of antiseptic
Origin :- 1750, coined from anti- "against" + septic. Figurative use by 1820. As a noun meaning "an antiseptic substance" by 1803.
- adj completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating
- noun decontaminating agent
- Crystals of iodine as opposed to permanganate of potash for antiseptic he discussed.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Hardly an antiseptic, Doctor; wouldn't you say, rather, a cauterizing agent.
- Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- Soap, as an antiseptic, 326;its relation to hard and soft water, 134.
- Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
- Irritant, cathartic, stimulant, and antiseptic; one to one and a half pounds.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
- Compare "antiseptic," "antinomian," "ultramontane," "semicircle."
- Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce
- The iodine open dressing isn't beautiful, but it is antiseptic.
- Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
- They'd given me the antiseptic works in Homestead, I recalled.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- Before the antiseptic spray ceased, Mryna was helplessly naked.
- Extract from : « The Guardians » by Irving Cox
- Upon it the antiseptic system of Professor Lister of Edinburgh is founded.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- Hops, it may be remarked, act to some extent as an antiseptic to beer.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
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