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# antiseptic

«antiseptic» in Mova's school dictionary: **a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an antiseptic, antiseptics; antiseptic, uncountable); adjective (antiseptic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An antiseptic is a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and stop infection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#m1)

2) Antiseptic means able to kill germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#m2)

3) (figurative) Antiseptic can mean very clean but cold and without feeling, like a hospital room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In first-aid and safety lessons you clean a cut, then may use antiseptic cream or wipes before a plaster. In science and history lessons Joseph Lister began using antiseptics in surgery in the 1860s, which saved many lives. Phrases: antiseptic cream, antiseptic wipe, antiseptic spray.

### examples

- Mum dabbed antiseptic cream on my grazed knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#x1)
- The nurse cleaned the cut with an antiseptic wipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#x2)
- Antiseptics kill germs on skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#x3)
- Joseph Lister used antiseptic spray during operations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#x4)
- The first-aid box has plasters, bandages and antiseptic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#x5)
- The hospital corridor smelled antiseptic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#x6)
- The new office looked antiseptic and unfriendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/#x7)

### note

An antiseptic is used on living skin; a disinfectant cleans surfaces like tables and toilets. Antiseptics are not antibiotics (medicines that kill bacteria inside the body). «Anti-» means «against», «septic» means infected.

### In the corpora

- [Rinsing a graze under clean running water washes out grit; stinging antiseptic is not needed for most grazes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «antiseptic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antiseptic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.