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Antiseptic

  1. noun

    a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues

  2. adjective

    thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms

    “doctors in antiseptic green coats”

  3. adjective

    clean and honest

    “antiseptic financial practices”

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