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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for antiseptic

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