aseptic
adjective
free from the living germs of disease, fermentation, or putrefaction.
aseptically
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a word derived from
aseptic.
Example Sentences
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Doctors treat the infection with antifungal drugs and slice away the dead flesh, a process rather aseptically termed “debridement”.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2015
Ocean Spray, the Massachusetts cooperative that produces cranberry and other juices, estimates that its aseptically packaged products cost customers about 10% less than those in cans.
From Time Magazine Archive
More than 25 billion aseptically packaged liquid units were sold worldwide last year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Half a dozen nurses, trousered and jacketed in the regulation white viscose-linen uniform, their hair aseptically hidden under white caps, were engaged in setting out bowls of roses in a long row across the floor.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Cutting out the diseased places and treating aseptically may be useful in light cases, but badly infected trees are incurable, in the present state of our knowledge.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
