" antiseptic "

[Adjective]  | "an*ti*sep*tic" | \ ˌan-tə-ˈsep-tik \

1: opposing microbial infection; especially : preventing or inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms (such as bacteria) in or on living tissue (such as the skin or mucous membranes)

2: relating to or characterized by the use of antiseptic substances

3: scrupulously clean : aseptic

Origin: 1639 ;

 Borrowed from New Latin antisepticus, from anti- {see: |anti-|anti-} + Latin sēpticus putrefactive, {see: |septic|septic};

  * Note : New Latin antisepticus is first found in the writing of the Dutch physician Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), e.g., Libellus de materie medica et remediorum formulis (Leiden, 1719), and may have been coined by him.;

[Noun]  | "antiseptic" 

1: an antiseptic substance : a substance (such as isopropyl alcohol or chlorhexidine) that destroys or inhibits the growth or action of microorganisms (such as bacteria) especially in or on living tissue (such as the skin or mucous membranes)

Origin: 1745 ;

 Borrowed from New Latin antiseptica, antisepticum, noun derivatives of antisepticus {see: |antiseptic:1|antiseptic:1};

[Noun]  | "antiseptic" 

[Adjective]  | "antiseptic"