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Aseptic

adjective
1.
Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.  Synonym: sterile.  "Aseptic surgical instruments" , "Aseptic surgical techniques"






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"Aseptic" Quotes from Famous Books



... are aseptic, free from putrefactive bacteria, and do not readily undergo decay either in the body or outside of it. Meats, on the other hand as found in the markets, are practically always in an advanced stage of putrefaction. Ordinary fresh, dried or salted meats ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting - Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 • Various

... the bed should be a small table, covered with one or two freshly laundried towels. This table should have on it a wash-basin, a hand-brush, soap and hot water, an antiseptic solution, scissors, a ligature for the navel, and a suitable aseptic ...
— The Four Epochs of Woman's Life • Anna M. Galbraith

... has lost a hand's first appearance in company with the stump unbandaged—but anything would be better than the mopey Oliver of the last two weeks and a half, and Mrs. Crowe had been taught by a good deal of living the aseptic powers of having to go through the motions of ordinary life in front of a casual audience, even when it seemed that those motions were no longer of any account. So Oliver took clean flannels and a bitter mind to Southampton on the last day of August, and, as soon as he got off the train, ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet



Words linked to "Aseptic" :   sterile, asepsis, antiseptic



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