antiseptic

(an-te-sep’tik). 1. or putrefaction. 2. A substance destructive to poisonous germs. Some of the chief antiseptics are alcohol, boric acid, phenol, creosote, corrosive sublimate, common salt, charcoal, chlorin, tannic acid, sugar, and vinegar. Credé’s a., silver citrate. Lister's a., mercury-zinc cyanid. (0.049-0.4 gm.). camphorate, a an Preventive of or curing Curative or cor- Preventing decay oa te oma ruewslys