antiseptic
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Definition of antiseptic:
a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
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" clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices" freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism" devoid of objectionable language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School" |