Usually means: Substance that inhibits microbial growth.
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  1. antiseptic: Merriam-Webster
  2. antiseptic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. antiseptic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. antiseptic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. antiseptic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Antiseptic, antiseptic: Wordnik
  7. antiseptic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. antiseptic: Wiktionary
  9. antiseptic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. antiseptic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. antiseptic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. antiseptic: Dictionary.com
  13. antiseptic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. antiseptic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Antiseptic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Antiseptic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. antiseptic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. antiseptic: Rhymezone
  19. antiseptic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. antiseptic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. antiseptic: FreeDictionary.org
  22. antiseptic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. antiseptic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. antiseptic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. antiseptic: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Antiseptic: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. antiseptic: Legal dictionary
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  1. antiseptic: Encyclopedia

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  1. antiseptic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Antiseptic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  10. antiseptic: Medical dictionary
  11. Antiseptic: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. antiseptic: Urban Dictionary

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  3. Antiseptic: Beauty & Health Glossary
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(Note: See antiseptically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (antiseptic)

adjective:  Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.
adjective:  (pharmacology) Capable of preventing microbial infection.
adjective:  Very clean; aseptic.
adjective:  Free of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.
noun:  (pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).

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