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Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.

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  1. a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
  2. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.