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English adjective: antiseptic | |||
| 1. | antiseptic thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | ||
| Samples | Doctors in antiseptic green coats. The antiseptic effect of alcohol. It is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities. | ||
| Similar | aseptic, bactericidal, clean, cleansing, disinfectant, germicidal, nonpurulent, purifying, sterile, uninfected | ||
| See also | clean, germfree, healthful | ||
| Antonyms | infected, septic | ||
| 2. | antiseptic clean and honest | ||
| Samples | Antiseptic financial practices. | ||
| Similar | incorrupt | ||
| Antonyms | corrupt | ||
| 3. | antiseptic freeing from error or corruption | ||
| Samples | The antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism. | ||
| Similar | purifying | ||
| Antonyms | adulterant, adulterating | ||
| 4. | antiseptic devoid of objectionable language | ||
| Samples | Lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School. | ||
| Similar | clean, unobjectionable | ||
| Antonyms | dirty | ||
English noun: antiseptic | |||
| 1. | antiseptic (artifact) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Argyrol, chloramine, chloramine-T, chlorhexidine, fradicin, gramicidin, iodine, iodoform, merbromine, Mercurochrome, Merthiolate, mild silver protein, Neobiotic, neomycin, sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate, thimerosal, tincture of iodine, triiodomethane | ||
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