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Another word for antiseptic

ADJ

  1. Free from dirt, stain, or impurities

    See also:

    clean

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Another word for antiseptic

MOD

  1. Free of germs

    See also:

    pure

  2. Destructive of germs

NOUN

  1. See also:

    sulfa-drug

    medicine

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Sentence Examples

  • The antiseptic pine-laced air from the hallway made her nose wrinkle.

  • Thus if a little diphtheritic sputum were coughed into a person's eye, or some blood containing anthrax bacilli were to touch a raw spot upon the hand, the removal of microbes in either case by washing with simple water might be regarded as a means of passive defence, whilst washing them away with an antiseptic lotion might be regarded as active defence, because the antiseptic would tend not only to remove but to destroy the microbes.

  • Its principal action is as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

  • Its principal action is as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

  • This releases chloric acid, which, being an extremely powerful antiseptic, kills the bacteria to which the ulcers are due.

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