asepsis

Example Sentences

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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

When asepsis finally came into fashion washing began in good earnest.

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

The writing ranges from racy colloquialism to surgical asepsis.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are not questioning the value of asepsis, which is only a learned phrase to express absolute surgical cleanliness.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert