Another word for antiseptic
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Adjective
Free from dirt, stain, or impurities
- Without stain or blemish:
- Resistant to stain or corrosion:
- Made of a stainless material:
- Perfectly clean:
- Free from flaw or imperfection; impeccable:
- Impeccably clean; spotless:
- Free from sin.
- Free from fault or error:
- In a clean manner.
- Habitually and carefully neat and clean.
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
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Another word for antiseptic
Modifier
Free of germs
- Not producing or incapable of producing offspring.
- Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.
- Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
See also:Destructive of germs
- A substance, such as penicillin or erythromycin, produced by or derived from certain microorganisms, including fungi and bacteria, that can destroy or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms, especially bacteria. Antibiotics are widely used in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.
- Of or relating to antibiotics.
- Of or relating to antibiosis.
- Present participle of sterilize.
- That kills bacteria.
- Of or pertaining to a bactericide.
- An agent, such as heat, radiation, or a chemical, that destroys, neutralizes, or inhibits the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms.
- Serving to disinfect.
- simple past tense and past participle of medicate
- Destroying or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
- Of or relating to hygiene.
- Tending to promote or preserve health.
- Free from pathogenic elements or environments; sanitary.
- Present participle of purify.
- Free of pathogenic microorganisms:
- Using methods to protect against infection by pathogenic microorganisms:
- Lacking animation or emotion:
- Acting to defend against or prevent something, especially disease; protective.
- A prophylactic agent, device, or measure, such as a vaccine or drug.
- A contraceptive device, especially a condom.
Noun
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- A chemical compound used in its gaseous state as a pesticide or disinfectant.
- A substance or agent used to kill insects and other arthropods.
- Any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms.
- An agent that destroys bacteria.
- An agent that induces local inflammation to relieve inflammation in underlying or adjacent tissues.
- Of or producing the effect of such an agent.
- Alternative form of preventive.
- Alternative form of preventive.
- Intended or used to prevent or hinder; acting as an obstacle:
- Carried out to deter expected aggression by hostile forces.
- Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease; prophylactic:
- Tending to preserve or capable of preserving.
- Something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage.
- Acting to defend against or prevent something, especially disease; protective.
- A prophylactic agent, device, or measure, such as a vaccine or drug.
- A contraceptive device, especially a condom.
- A cleansing substance that acts similarly to soap but is made from chemical compounds rather than fats and lye.
- Having cleansing power.
- A detergent, powder, or other chemical agent that removes dirt, grease, or stains.
- A skin lotion or cream that is used to clean the face.
- A substance or agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant.
- An agent, such as heat, radiation, or a chemical, that destroys, neutralizes, or inhibits the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms.
- Serving to disinfect.
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