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How to use antiseptic in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective, noun

Antiseptic means of or relating to antisepsis or the use of antiseptics. Example: “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.”

Examples of antiseptic by meaning

adjectiveFree of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.

  • 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.1991 May 4, Mary Dowd, “Risky Business”, in Gay Community News, page 7
  • Forget all those Christmas cards with their ideal scenarios and antiseptic smiles.2001, John Allen, A Touch of Uncertainty

nounAny substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used...

  • Wiping down surfaces with antiseptic, avoiding handshakes, and foregoing the kiss on the cheeks popular in Europe, are suggestions from world health bodies in response to the new virus.2020 March 5, Daniel Kaplan, “Could coronavirus stop sports rituals from autographs to tennis handshakes?”, in The Athletic, New York...

More sentences with antiseptic

  • A natural astringent and antiseptic, potassium alum was coveted for its medicinal and cosmetic properties.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 201. From the entry alum
  • Alternatively, waterless and scrubless hand antiseptics have become popular for preparing the surgeon's skin.2011, Fred Anthony Mann, Gheorghe M. Constantinescu, Hun-Young Yoon, Fundamentals of Small Animal Surgery. From the entry scrubless
  • Don Hanover's antiseptic models, dredged out of the gay community's most looksist and dehumanizing establishments.1977 April 30, Cha Cha Heels, “Antiseptic Mannequins”, in Gay Community News, page 4. From the entry looksist
  • Spraying with an antiseptic did not lessen in any sense such danger as there was.1916 December 13, W. A. Evans, “Germs and Germs”, How to Keep Well, in The Chicago Daily Tribune, volume 75, number 298, page 8. From the entry germophobiac
  • One example is dioxin, a waste left behind in factories after the production of hexachlorophene, a potent antiseptic.1986, Benjamin Walter, Malcolm Getz, “Social and Economic Effects of Toxic Waste Disposal”, in Sheldon Kamieniecki, Robert O’Brien…. From the entry dioxin
  • Of all intestinal antiseptics, calomel, salacetol, and ichthyoform have given us the best results, the latter being the least irritating.1913, XVIIth International Congress of Medicine v.4-5. From the entry ichthyoform
  • While expounding the other day on the lost antiseptic mercurochrome, I mentioned that vaccines once contained an antibacterial and antifungal agent called thimerosal.2007 June 8, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry mercurochrome
  • If performed with a suitable antiseptic, the surgical hand rub is very efficient in reducing the skin flora and hands need not be dried afterward.1996, Manfred L. Rotter, “Hand Washing and Hand Disinfection”, in C. Glen Mayhall, editor, Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control…. From the entry hand wash
  • Unfortunately, lack of scientific training on the part of medical attendants who probe and befinger wounds without proper antiseptic precautions is met with too often.1901, Proceedings of The... Annual Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons .... From the entry befinger
  • A lint-and-gauze dressing stained with dark yellow antiseptic had replaced the previous day's helmet of bandages, and a fleck of shaving soap lay untowelled beneath one ear.1996, Luke Jennings, Atlantic, page 220. From the entry untowelled
  • Some experiments which require the achievement of exceedingly antiseptic vacuum conditions have had to be preceded by intense research into the general problems of ultravacuums and surface physics.1959, Annual Review of Nuclear Science, Palo Alto, Calif. Annual Reviews, pages 368-369. From the entry ultravacuum

Meaning of antiseptic

  1. adjective Of or relating to antisepsis or the use of antiseptics.
  2. adjective Capable of preventing microbial infection.
  3. adjective Very clean; aseptic.

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Questions about antiseptic in a sentence

How do you use antiseptic in a sentence?
Antiseptic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with antiseptic?
“Forget all those Christmas cards with their ideal scenarios and antiseptic smiles.”
What does antiseptic mean?
Antiseptic means of or relating to antisepsis or the use of antiseptics.

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