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Webster 1913 Edition
Aseptic
A-sep′tic
,Adj.
[Pref.
a-
not + septic
.] 1.
Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
A-sep′tic
,Noun.
An aseptic substance.
Definition 2024
aseptic
aseptic
English
Adjective
aseptic (not comparable)
- Free of disease-causing microbes.
- The lack of aseptic tools during surgery has resulted in many deaths.
- (medicine) Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.
- Pharmaceuticals are packaged using aseptic techniques.
- (food industry) pasteurised.
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Translations
free of microbes
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