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Antisepsis

noun
1.
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms.  Synonyms: asepsis, sterileness, sterility.
2.
The process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms.  Synonym: asepsis.






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"Antisepsis" Quotes from Famous Books



... mortality of 50 to 70 per cent, so that the economy will be immeasurable under even the worst conditions. A fair test and judgment of this treatment, however, can be obtained only when the administrator is trustworthy and painstaking, well acquainted with bacteriological antisepsis and with the general and special pathology of ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... the thought of hypodermics, anesthetics, antisepsis and clinic thermometers, charts and diets, was utterly mysterious and abhorrent, and her healthy distaste for them amused Emily, and gave Emily a good reason ...
— Saturday's Child • Kathleen Norris



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