antiseptic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
adjective thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
adjective clean and honest

From anti- + septic.

Bentley knew that that tongue was an excellent antiseptic, too. — Astounding Stories, June, 1931, Various
It is also used with excellent results as an antiseptic in dressing wounds and sores. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson
[189] The ashes of the drum tree (Cecropia peltata) “are saline and antiseptic” (Spruce, ii. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

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