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aseptic
[ uh-sep-tik, ey-sep- ]
adjective
- free from the living germs of disease, fermentation, or putrefaction.
noun
- a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- aseptics, (used with a singular verb) a system of packaging sterilized products in airtight containers so that freshness is preserved for several months.
aseptic
/ eɪ-; əˈsɛptɪk /
adjective
- free from living pathogenic organisms; sterile
- aiming to achieve a germ-free condition
aseptic
/ ə-sĕp′tĭk,ā-sĕp′tĭk /
- Free of microorganisms that cause disease.
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Other Words From
- a·septi·cal·ly adverb
- a·sep·ti·cism [uh, -, sep, -t, uh, -siz-, uh, m, ey-, sep, -], noun
- nona·septic adjective
- nona·septi·cal·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
They understood the principles of aseptic surgery very well.
Almost needless to say these are exactly the principles of aseptic surgery.
Open the thorax with all aseptic precautions, and collect as much blood as possible from the heart with a sterile Pasteur pipette.
Remove as much of its blood as possible from the heart under aseptic precautions into sterilized centrifuge tubes.
Neither was any serious attempt made to render the instruments, operating table, and surroundings of the patients, aseptic.
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