› a chemical used for preventing infection in an injury, especially by killing bacteria:
Many of the ingredients for antiseptics come from the rainforests.
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› completely free from infection:
In the 1870s and 1880s, doctors began to follow the principles of antiseptic surgery.
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Medicines & drugs: preventing infection
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