asepsis

[uh-sep-sis, ey-sep-]

noun

1. absence of the microorganisms that produce sepsis or septic disease.

2. Medicine/Medical.,  methods, as sterile surgical techniques, used to assure asepsis.

asepsis

/ eɪ-, əˈsɛpsɪs /

noun

1. the state of being free from living pathogenic organisms

2. the methods of achieving a germ-free condition

asepsis

1. The state of being free of pathogenic microorganisms.

2. The process of removing microorganisms that cause infection.

Word History and Origins

Origin of asepsis¹

First recorded in 1890–95; a- ⁶ + sepsis

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