Antiseptic
Pronunciation : An`ti*sep"tic
Part of Speech : An`ti*sep"tic*al
Definition : Defn: Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : An`ti*sep"tic
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913