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Septical :: Septical (a.) Having power to promote putrefaction.

Antiseptical :: Antiseptical (a.) Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive..

Saltpetre :: Saltpetre (n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant..

Septic :: Septic (n.) A substance that promotes putrefaction.

Septicity :: Septicity (n.) Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..

Listerism :: Listerism (n.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon..

Pyrogenic :: Pyrogenic (a.) Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever..

Antiputrescent :: Antiputrescent (a.) Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic..

Septic :: Septic (n.) A quantic of the seventh degree.

Iodoform :: Iodoform (n.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores..

Septicaemia :: Septicaemia (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs..

Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (a.) Alt. of Antiseptica.

Septic :: Septic (a.) Alt. of Septica.

Thymol :: Thymol (n.) A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene..

Aseptic :: Aseptic (a.) Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.

Septically :: Septically (adv.) In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.

Antiseptically :: Antiseptically (adv.) By means of antiseptics.

Septic :: Septic (a.) Of the seventh degree or order.

Salicylic :: Salicylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid..

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