antiseptic
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- n a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
- a 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 - s clean and honest
antiseptic financial practices - s freeing from error or corruption
the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism - s devoid of objectionable language
lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School
- When a soldier is wounded by shrapnel, or a civilian by splinters of flying glass, don't treat the wound with an antiseptic.
- Called Cloaca, it consists of some $200,000 worth of chemical beakers, electric pumps and plastic tubing arrayed on a row of antiseptic stainless steel tables.
- With its plain white office doors and antiseptic ambience, a visitor observed last week, the place has the look of a hospital.