Antiseptic



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 杀菌剂 adj. 防腐的
• ［英］ n. 杀菌剂 ( any substance that inhibit the action of microorganisms) ;adj. 防腐的 ( preventing infection, decay)
• ［记］ anti ( 反) +sept ( 菌) +ic -> 杀菌剂
• ［同］ 同根词: septic ( 有菌的, 感染的)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: anti- + Greek sēptikos putrefying, septic
• Date: 1751
• 1.
  • a. opposing sepsis, putrefaction, or decay; especially preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms (as on living tissue)
  • b. acting or protecting like an antiseptic
• 2. relating to or characterized by the use of antiseptics
• 3.
  • a. scrupulously clean ; aseptic
  • b. extremely neat or orderly; especially neat to the point of being bare or uninteresting
  • c. free from what is held to be contaminating
• 4.
  • a. coldly impersonal an antiseptic greeting
  • b. of, relating to, or being warfare conducted with cold precision from a safe distance with few or no casualties on one's side antiseptic bombings
• • antiseptically adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1751
• a substance that inhibits the growth or action of microorganisms especially in or on living tissue; also germicide

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