antiseptic.

1. Preventing or reducing the growth of microorganisms on living tissue.

2. So clean, controlled, or unemotional that warmth and individuality seem absent.

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Words that belong together

• antiseptic solution
• antiseptic treatment

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The nurse used an antiseptic solution before the procedure.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.