Wash his wound with this antiseptic.
Source: tatoeba (5791086)
Antiseptic
//ˌæntiˈsɛptɪk//
Synonyms for "antiseptic" (84 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
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4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
9 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
82 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُعَقِّمٌ noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Armenian
3 entries- հականեխիչ adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- հականեխիչ adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- հականեխիչ noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Catalan
4 entries- antisèptic adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antisèptic adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antisèptic adj (very clean; aseptic)
- antisèptic adj (sanitized or bowdlerized)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 抗菌劑 /抗菌剂 noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
- 防腐劑 /防腐剂 noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Danish
3 entries- antiseptisk adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiseptisk adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antiseptikum noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Esperanto
3 entries- antisepsa adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antisepsa adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antisepsaĵo noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Finnish
4 entries- antiseptinen adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiseptinen adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- aseptinen adj (very clean; aseptic)
- puhdistettu adj (sanitized or bowdlerized)
French
2 entries- antiseptique adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiseptique noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
German
3 entries- antiseptisch adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiseptisch adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- Antiseptikum noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Greek
3 entries- αντισηπτικός adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- αντισηπτικός adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- αντισηπτικό noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Hungarian
1 entries- antiszeptikum noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Icelandic
1 entries- sóttverjandi adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
Indonesian
2 entries- antiseptik noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
- pratijangkit noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Irish
4 entries- antaiseipteach adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antaiseipteach adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- frithsheipteach adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antaiseipteán noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Italian
2 entries- antisettico adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antisettico noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Japanese
1 entries- 殺菌剤 noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Kazakh
2 entries- антисептик noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
- микробжойғы noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Māori
4 entries- patuero adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- patuero adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- patuero adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- patuero adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- antiseptisk adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- antiseptisk adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
Polish
3 entries- antyseptyczny adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antyseptyk noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
- środek antyseptyczny noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Portuguese
3 entries- antisséptico adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antisséptico adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antisséptico noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Romanian
3 entries- antiseptic adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiseptic adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antiseptic noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- antiseptičan adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiseptičan adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antiseptičan adj (very clean; aseptic)
- antiseptičan adj (sanitized or bowdlerized)
Spanish
4 entries- antiséptico adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiséptico adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- aséptico adj (very clean; aseptic)
- antiséptico noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Swedish
3 entries- antiseptisk adj (of or relating to antisepsis)
- antiseptisk adj (capable of preventing microbial infection)
- antiseptikum noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Tagalog
1 entries- panlanggas noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- marasin bilong kilim jem noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
- marasin bilong klinim sua noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Welsh
2 entries- antiseptig noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
- gwrth-haint noun (substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
This antiseptic will hurt.
Source: tatoeba (6479123)
If the throat is very inflamed, an antiseptic gargle should be used.
Source: tatoeba (11343140)
After cleaning the wound, the nurse applied some antiseptic and covered it with sterile gauze pads to keep it clean and promote healing.
Source: tatoeba (11562037)
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