antiseptic

«antiseptic» in Mova's school dictionary: a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an antiseptic, antiseptics; antiseptic, uncountable); adjective (antiseptic)

meaning for a pupil

1) An antiseptic is a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and stop infection. tree →

2) Antiseptic means able to kill germs. tree →

3) (figurative) Antiseptic can mean very clean but cold and without feeling, like a hospital room. tree →

sense in the lessons

In first-aid and safety lessons you clean a cut, then may use antiseptic cream or wipes before a plaster. In science and history lessons Joseph Lister began using antiseptics in surgery in the 1860s, which saved many lives. Phrases: antiseptic cream, antiseptic wipe, antiseptic spray.

examples

• Mum dabbed antiseptic cream on my grazed knee. tree →
• The nurse cleaned the cut with an antiseptic wipe. tree →
• Antiseptics kill germs on skin. tree →
• Joseph Lister used antiseptic spray during operations. tree →
• The first-aid box has plasters, bandages and antiseptic. tree →
• The hospital corridor smelled antiseptic. tree →
• The new office looked antiseptic and unfriendly. tree →

note

An antiseptic is used on living skin; a disinfectant cleans surfaces like tables and toilets. Antiseptics are not antibiotics (medicines that kill bacteria inside the body). «Anti-» means «against», «septic» means infected.

In the corpora

• Rinsing a graze under clean running water washes out grit; stinging antiseptic is not needed for most grazes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «antiseptic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.