1. Thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
   "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"
    
2. Clean and honest
   "antiseptic financial practices"
    
3. Freeing from error or corruption
   "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"
    
4. Devoid of objectionable language
   "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"
    
5. Lacking warmth or emotion; clinical
   "The doctor's antiseptic manner made the patients uncomfortable"

1. A substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
   "The nurse cleaned the wound with an antiseptic before bandaging it"

Derived forms: antiseptics

See also: aseptic, bactericidal, clean, cleansing, disinfectant, germfree, germicidal, healthful, incorrupt, nonpurulent, purifying, sterile, uninfected, unobjectionable

Type of: med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Antonym: infected

Encyclopedia: Antiseptic