asepsis
Americannoun
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absence of the microorganisms that produce sepsis or septic disease.
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Medicine/Medical. methods, as sterile surgical techniques, used to assure asepsis.
noun
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the state of being free from living pathogenic organisms
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the methods of achieving a germ-free condition
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The state of being free of pathogenic microorganisms.
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The process of removing microorganisms that cause infection.
Etymology
Origin of asepsis
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Ironically, as Fitzharris reveals, Lister resisted this: he believed that asepsis would be impossible in the home, where the wealthy and middle classes were treated.
From Nature ● Oct. 3, 2017
The operation requires the best of skill and asepsis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under strict surgical asepsis throughout, tissue is removed from the donor, minced carefully into tiny fragments, 1 to 1.5 mm. in diameter, and planted on a coagulated medium such as is used for tissue culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
When asepsis finally came into fashion washing began in good earnest.
From Time Magazine Archive
In several cases quoted below, incision and evacuation were followed by excellent results; in any such operation too much care to ensure asepsis is impossible.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
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