The meaning of Antiseptic

adjective

Free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; surgically sterile or sterilized.

Usage examples:

The antigen for spiking the specimens designated as ca 15-3 and ca 27.29 was derived from a cell li…

adjective

Medically clean or without infection

Usage examples:

An aseptic wound/dressing/bandage

noun

A substance which kills bacteria.

Usage examples:

Yes, not actually eating, but the alpha-streptococci emits a type of bactericide which kills the pa…

adjective

Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.

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Bland, mass-produced pop music

adjective

A characterless person or thing is not interesting or has no style or unusual qualities

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It's just one of those characterless modern cities., a perfect but characterless face

adjective

Relating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies.

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Clinical medicine

adjective

(of medical work or teaching) relating to examining and treating someone who is ill

Usage examples:

Clinical tests have so far failed to show the cause of her illness., mac's air of clinical disinter…

adjective

(especially of a gas or liquid) without colour.

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A colourless liquid

adjective

Having no colour

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Water and glass are colourless., carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas., it is …

noun

A chemical liquid that destroys bacteria.

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All surfaces are cleaned manually or by pressure washer with disinfectant

adjective

Causing disinfection.

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Cleansing and disinfectant products

noun

A substance that contains chemicals that kill bacteria and is used esp. for cleaning surfaces in bathrooms and kitchens

verb

Clean (something), especially with a chemical, in order to destroy bacteria.

Usage examples:

He disinfected and dressed the cut on his forehead

verb

Past simple and past participle of disinfect

Usage examples:

Disinfect the toilets/a wound

adjective

Containing a substance that kills germs (= bacteria or viruses that cause disease)

Usage examples:

Before the procedure starts, the skin must be cleaned with germicidal soap., tea tree's strong anti…

noun

A substance or other agent which destroys harmful microorganisms.

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Research has not shown an increased resistance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to hospital germici…

noun

A substance that kills germs (= very small organisms that cause disease)

adjective

Of, in, or like an institution or institutions.

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Institutional care

adjective

Of or typical of an institution

Usage examples:

The hospital provides typically awful institutional food.

adjective

Relating to an institution, especially a financial institution

Usage examples:

The company's personal and institutional clients, institutional investors have become more active i…

adjective

Containing or impregnated with a drug.

Usage examples:

His doctor prescribed him medicated creams and ointments but the rashes persist

verb

Administer a drug to (someone).

Usage examples:

Both infants were heavily medicated to alleviate their seizures

adjective

Containing a medical substance

Usage examples:

Medicated shampoo

adjective

Lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics.

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She lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block

noun

A nondescript person or thing.

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The nondescripts were straight out of the nine-to-five banking bureaucracy

adjective

Made clean and hygienic; disinfected.

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Sanitized equipment and utensils

verb

Make clean and hygienic; disinfect.

Usage examples:

New chemicals for sanitizing a pool

verb

Past simple and past participle of sanitize

Usage examples:

The military wants to allow only a sanitized report/version of the incident to become public.

adjective

(especially of a place) lacking character and individuality.

Usage examples:

She found the apartment beautiful but soulless

adjective

Showing no human influence or qualities

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A soulless building of grey concrete

adjective

Not able to produce children or young.

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The disease had made him sterile

adjective

(of a person or animal) unable to produce young, or of land unable to produce plants or crops

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It was a small oasis surrounded by sterile desert., medical equipment must be kept sterile., suburb…

adjective

Not contaminated.

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Uncontaminated air and food

adjective

Not producing excitement or interest.

Usage examples:

An uninspiring game that united scarcely deserved to win

adjective

Not making you feel excited or interested

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The menu looked fairly uninspiring.

adjective

Not contaminated with noxious or poisonous substances.

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Oman has 1,100 miles of splendid beaches and unpolluted seas