Antiseptic \An`ti*sep"tic\, Antiseptical \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Antiseptic \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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