Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antiseptic"
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) 1.7 (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}, {sterilised}]
5: (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; "lyrics as
antiseptic as Sunday School"
n : a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease
without harming body tissues
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