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preaseptic

[pree-uh-sep-tik]
adjective Medicine/Medical.
  1. pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
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Origin of preaseptic

pre- + aseptic
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preaseptic in Medicine

preaseptic

(prē′ə-sĕp′tĭk, -ā-sĕp′-)
adj.
  1. Of or being the period in the history of medicine and surgery when the principles of asepsis were not yet known or adopted.
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