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Aseptic   Listen
adjective
Aseptic  adj.  
1.
Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
2.
Free from pathogenic microorganisms; sterile; as, aseptic operating conditions.
3.
(metaphorical) Lacking emotion, human warmth, or excitement.





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"Aseptic" Quotes from Famous Books



... law of organic growth, y ekt, and the law of 'organic decay,' y e-kt, is a recently discovered law which connects algebraically by an equation and graphically by a curve, the surface-area of a wound, with time expressed in days, measured from the time when the wound is aseptic or sterile. When this aseptic condition is reached, by washing and flushing continually with antiseptic solutions, two observations at an interval commonly of four days give the 'index of the individual,' and this index, and the two measurements ...
— Manhood of Humanity. • Alfred Korzybski
... performance of such an insanitary operation, in the very nature of the case, is a violation of the cardinal principles of hygiene and of sanitary science.... Moreover, this operation is in direct controversion of the basic principles of aseptic surgery, the legitimate aim of which is to remove from the organism the products of disease, but ...
— The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 - The Independent Health Magazine • Various


Words linked to "Aseptic" :   sterile, antiseptic


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