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Asepsis

noun
1.
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms.  Synonyms: antisepsis, sterileness, sterility.
2.
The process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms.  Synonym: antisepsis.





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... statements and claims made in this chapter, I do not wish to convey the idea that I am opposed to scrupulous cleanliness or surgical asepsis. Far from it! These are dictates of common sense. But I do affirm that the danger from germ and other infectious diseases lies just as much or more so in internal filth as in external uncleanliness. Cleanliness and asepsis must go hand in hand with the purification of the inner man ...
— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr


Words linked to "Asepsis" :   organic process, biological process, sterileness, aseptic, sanitariness


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