(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms

any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds

a long-lasting liquid antiseptic; used by surgeons to wash their hands before performing surgery

an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria

a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing

a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark