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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating |
| Synonyms: | antibacterial, antibiotic, aseptic, bactericidal, clean, disinfectant, germ-destroying, germ-free, germicidal, hygienic, medicated, prophylactic, pure, purifying, sanitary, sterile, sterilized, sterilizing, unpolluted |
| Antonyms: | contaminated, polluted, unclean, unsanitary, unsterile |
| Main Entry: | antitoxin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent for negating the effect of an infection or poison |
| Synonyms: | antibiotic, antibody, antipoison, antiseptic, antiserum, antivenin, counteractant, counteragent, medicine, neutralizer, preventive, serum, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sterile |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, aseptic, clarified, decontaminated, disinfected, hygienic, pure, purified, sanitary, sterilized, unadulterated, uncontaminated, uninfected, unpolluted, unsullied, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | adulterated, dirty, impure, unsterile |
| Main Entry: | cleanser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong disinfectant, solvent |
| Synonyms: | abrasive, abstergent, antiseptic, cathartic, deodorant, detergent, fumigant, lather, polish, purgative, purifier, scourer, soap, soap powder, suds |
| Main Entry: | clinical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dispassionate |
| Synonyms: | analytic, antiseptic, cold, detached, disinterested, emotionless, impersonal, objective, scientific, unemotional |
| Antonyms: | feeling, passionate, subjective |
| Main Entry: | medicine/medication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | remedial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, restorative |
| Synonyms: | alleviative, antidotal, antiseptic, corrective, curative, curing, health-giving, healthful, invigorating, medicating, medicinal, purifying, recuperative, reformative, remedying, repairing, restitutive, sanative, sanatory, solving, soothing, therapeutic, tonic, treating, vulnerary, wholesome |
| Notes: | remediable means capable of relieving pain, curing disease, or correcting a disorder; remedial means tending or intended to rectify or improve |
| Antonyms: | damaging, harmful, hurtful, injurious |
| Main Entry: | sterile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unproductive, clean |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
| Antonyms: | dirty, fruitful, productive |
| Main Entry: | medicine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cure |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, medication, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine |
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