The definition of antiseptic is something that is germ free, something that is very clean or something that eliminates germs. 1  An example of something that is antiseptic are doctors tools.  An example of an antiseptic substance is hand sanitizer.
1. Distribution and localisation of Merkel cells. Merkel cells are epidermal cells localised in the basal layer of the epidermis and the epithelial sheath of hair follicles. The vast majority of Merkel cells are intimately associated with a nerve terminal but some are not.
Merkel cell were first identified by German anatomist Friedrich Sigmund Merkel in 1875 who, by using an osmium fixation and a silver staining, described them in the epidermal basal layer as large cells paler than keratinocytes and in close contact with enlarged terminal branches of myelinated afferent nerve fibers.