antiseptic cream

  • 1cream — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fatty part of milk ADJECTIVE ▪ clotted, thick, whipped ▪ double (BrE), heavy (AmE) ▪ single (BrE) …

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  • 2antiseptic — an|ti|sep|tic1 [ˌæntıˈseptık] n [U and C] a medicine that you put onto a wound to stop it from becoming infected ▪ He dabbed the cut with antiseptic. ▪ Mint is a mild antiseptic. antiseptic 2 antiseptic2 adj helping to prevent infection ▪ an… …

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  • 3cream — cream1 [ krim ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a thick yellow white liquid taken from the top of milk: peaches and cream Would you like cream or ice cream with your apple pie? a ) only before noun used about food that contains cream: fish in cream sauce… …

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  • 4cream — I UK [kriːm] / US [krɪm] noun Word forms cream : singular cream plural creams ** 1) a) [uncountable] a thick yellowish white liquid taken from the top of milk peaches and cream Would you like cream or ice cream with your apple pie? b) [only… …

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  • 5antiseptic — 1 noun (C) a chemical substance that helps stop a wound becoming infected 2 adjective 1 helping to prevent infection: antiseptic cream 2 lacking emotion, interest, or excitement: dreary antiseptic prose …

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  • 6antiseptic — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ powerful ▪ mild ▪ Mint is a mild antiseptic. VERB + ANTISEPTIC ▪ apply, put on …

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  • 7TCP (antiseptic) — TCP is a mild antiseptic, produced and sold in the United Kingdom by Pfizer. The brand name comes from its original chemical name, which was Trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl (not to be confused with Trichlorophenol, a common fungicide).… …

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  • 8Savlon — is a brand of first aid and medical products manufactured in the UK by Novartis Consumer Health. The name Savlon usually refers to Savlon antiseptic skin healing cream , a topical antiseptic cream sold in the UK without prescription. The active… …

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  • 9an·ti·sep·tic — /ˌæntəˈsɛptık/ noun, pl tics : a substance that prevents infection in a wound by killing bacteria [count] Clean the affected area with an antiseptic. [noncount] He applied antiseptic to the wound. antiseptic adj …

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  • 10Epistaxis — For the method of depositing a monocrystalline film on a monocrystalline substrate, see Epitaxis. For the phenomenon involving the modification of one gene s effects by one or more other genes, see Epistasis. For the main body of a classical… …

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