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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The operation requires the best of skill and asepsis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The writing ranges from racy colloquialism to surgical asepsis.

From Time Magazine Archive

But a puncture made in a similar manner and with the same instrument without due regard to asepsis is likely to cause an infectious synovitis and arthritis usually follows.

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




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