[an.ti.sep.tic] adj [anti- + Gk septikos putrefying, septic] (1751) 1 a: opposing sepsis, putrefaction, or decay; esp: 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; esp: neat to the point of being bare or uninteresting c: free from what is held to be contaminating
4: coldly impersonal "an ~ greeting" -- an.ti.sep.ti.cal.ly adv
[2]antiseptic n (1751): a substance that checks the growth or action of microorganisms esp. in or on living tissue; also: germicide