An`ti*sep"tic (#), An`ti*sep"tic*al (#), a.
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.
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An`ti*sep"tic, n.
A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
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