antiseptics

1. Substances that prevent or inhibit the growth of disease-causing microorganisms .

Example Sentences

Les spent long hours in the surgical theater, which in Macclesfield had little in the way of ventilation, and Joy typically found that he came home smelling of anesthetics, antiseptics and blood.

From New York Times

It sells over-the-counter antiseptics and laxatives, according to court documents.

From Reuters

Even then, before advances such as antiseptics, most people undergoing amputation surgery died of blood loss and shock or subsequent infection.

From Washington Post

Hand sanitizer was squirted so liberally that some distilleries pivoted from whiskey to alcohol antiseptics.

From Seattle Times

Separately, they smell like sugary vanilla, clean breezes and pungent antiseptics — and, when I put them all together, they take me back to my hazy afternoon at the Fitzpatrick-Leland House.

From Los Angeles Times