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asepsis

[uh-sep-sis, ey-sep-] / əˈsɛp sɪs, eɪˈsɛp- /


NOUN
sanitation
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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 writing ranges from racy colloquialism to surgical 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

One, by the employment of means to keep the wound patent and injection of suitable antiseptics, or agents that are more or less caustic in conjunction with strict observance of asepsis and wound protection.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor