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Definition of Antiseptics
1. antiseptic [n] - See also: antiseptic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiseptics
Literary usage of Antiseptics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF antiseptics Toxicity and Resistance. ... Substances which
merely suspend the vitality of bacteria are called antiseptics; ..."
2. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"Many antiseptics and disinfectants are used for a variety of purposes and might be
... Carbolic acid, or phenol, the first of the modern antiseptics to be ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1881)
"The Systematic Use of antiseptics in Midwifery Practice. ... Attempts more or
less successful to prevent them by means of antiseptics are not new. ..."
4. Materia medica for nurses by Aaron Samuel Blumgarten (1920)
"CHAPTER XXXII antiseptics antiseptics or disinfectants are drugs which check the
growth of ... They are divided into two groups: germicides and antiseptics. ..."
5. A Text-book of Hygiene: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Principles and by George Henry Rohé (1884)
"antiseptics AND DISINFECTANTS. Much confusion exists in the popular mind and even
among ... antiseptics may be denned as substances which retard or prevent ..."
6. A Text-book of Hygiene: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Principles and by George Henry Rohé (1884)
"antiseptics AND DISINFECTANTS. Much confusion exists in the popular mind and even
among ... antiseptics may be denned as substances which retard or prevent ..."