antiseptic

See also: antisèptic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ septic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈsɛptɪk/

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Adjective

antiseptic (comparative more antiseptic, superlative most antiseptic)

1. Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.
2. (pharmacology) Capable of preventing microbial infection.
3. Very clean; aseptic.
4. Free of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.
   • 1991 May 4, Mary Dowd, “Risky Business”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

     This judicious representation of brutality, domestic violence and struggle empowers women trying to break the shame and fear propagated by the antiseptic whitewashing of conventional media.

   • 2001, John Allen, A Touch of Uncertainty:

     Forget all those Christmas cards with their ideal scenarios and antiseptic smiles. Stables are filthy and they stink […]

   • 2024 July 1, Mark Walsh, “A dramatic last day in the courtroom”, in SCOTUSblog:

     [Chief Justice John] Roberts got criticism for what some perceived as his relatively brief and antiseptic description of the events of Jan. 6, 2021, in his majority opinion in Fischer v. United States the other day.

Derived terms

• antiseptically
• antisepticise
• antisepticism
• antisepticist
• antisepticize
• antisepticky
• antiseptic wipe
• preantiseptic

 

Translations

of or relating to antisepsis

• Armenian: հականեխիչ (hy) (hakanexičʻ)
• Catalan: antisèptic
• Danish: antiseptisk (da)
• Esperanto: antisepsa
• Finnish: antiseptinen (fi)
• French: antiseptique (fr)
• German: antiseptisch (de)
• Greek: αντισηπτικός (el) (antisiptikós)
• Irish: antaiseipteach, frithsheipteach
• Italian: antisettico (it)
• Maori: patuero
• Portuguese: antisséptico (pt)
• Romanian: antiseptic (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антисептичан

  Roman: antiseptičan

• Spanish: antiséptico (es)
• Swedish: antiseptisk (sv)

capable of preventing microbial infection

• Armenian: հականեխիչ (hy) (hakanexičʻ)
• Catalan: antisèptic
• Danish: antiseptisk (da)
• Esperanto: antisepsa
• Finnish: antiseptinen (fi)
• German: antiseptisch (de)
• Greek: αντισηπτικός (el) (antisiptikós)
• Icelandic: sóttverjandi
• Irish: antaiseipteach
• Maori: patuero, patuero
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: antiseptisk

  Nynorsk: antiseptisk

• Polish: antyseptyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: antisséptico (pt)
• Romanian: antiseptic (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антисептичан

  Roman: antiseptičan

• Spanish: antiséptico (es)
• Swedish: antiseptisk (sv)

very clean; aseptic

• Catalan: antisèptic
• Finnish: aseptinen (fi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антисептичан

  Roman: antiseptičan

• Spanish: aséptico (es)

sanitized or bowdlerized

• Catalan: antisèptic
• Finnish: puhdistettu (fi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антисептичан

  Roman: antiseptičan

Noun

antiseptic (plural antiseptics)

1. (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).

Derived terms

• hand antiseptic

Translations

substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms

• Arabic: مُعَقِّمٌ m (muʕaqqimun)
• Armenian: հականեխիչ (hy) (hakanexičʻ)
• Catalan: antisèptic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗菌劑 / 抗菌剂 (kàngjūnjì), 防腐劑 / 防腐剂 (zh) (fángfǔjì)

• Danish: antiseptikum n
• Esperanto: antisepsaĵo
• Finnish: antisepti
• French: antiseptique (fr)
• German: Antiseptikum (de) n
• Greek: αντισηπτικό (el) n (antisiptikó)
• Hungarian: antiszeptikum (hu)
• Indonesian: antiseptik (id)
• Irish: antaiseipteán m, frithsheipteán m
• Italian: antisettico (it) m
• Japanese: 殺菌剤 (ja) (さっきんざい, sakkin-zai)
• Kazakh: антисептик (antiseptik), микробжойғы (mikrobjoiğy)
• Maori: rongoā patuero
• Polish: antyseptyk (pl) m, środek antyseptyczny m
• Portuguese: antisséptico (pt) m
• Romanian: antiseptic (ro) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антисѐптик m

  Roman: antisèptik (sh) m

• Spanish: antiséptico (es)
• Swedish: antiseptikum n
• Tagalog: panlanggas
• Welsh: antiseptig m, gwrth-haint m

See also

• antibacterial
• antibiotic

Anagrams

• psittacine

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antiseptique.

Noun

antiseptic n (plural antiseptici)

1. antiseptic, germicide

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	antiseptic	antisepticul		antiseptici	antisepticile
genitive-dative	antiseptic	antisepticului		antiseptici	antisepticilor
vocative	antisepticule			antisepticilor