preaseptic

[pree-uh-sep-tik]

adjective Medicine/Medical.

pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.

Origin of preaseptic

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preaseptic in Medicine

preaseptic

[prē′ə-sĕp′tĭk, -ā-sĕp′-]

adj.

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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