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Adjective
Preventing the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
“The 1994 rulemaking included definitions for antiseptic drugs, broad spectrum activity, and healthcare antiseptics.”
Adjective
Scrupulously clean or pure, especially so as to be bland or characterless
“It's good to see computer - generated images of how the original and intact building looked, before going to see the clean and rather antiseptic ruin.”
Adjective
Being clean and in good order
“… known for keeping a strenuously antiseptic kitchen, the floor of which does indeed seem fit for eating off of.”
Adjective
Free from dirt or stain
“… for such an expensive, elegant Sunday brunch, one would expect the attendants at the buffet tables to be professionally attired in starched, antiseptic white jackets.”
Adjective
Lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
“… an antiseptic assessment of the chances of survival for the ailing patient.”
Adjective
Preventing infection by killing germs
“These herbs have strong antiseptic qualities.”
Adjective
Bland or uninteresting
Noun
An antiseptic compound or preparation
“He generalized that if contaminated wounds healed well with antiseptics, simple incised wounds would benefit from the application of antiseptic as well.”
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