aseptic

About 0.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Free of disease-causing microbes.

   The lack of aseptic tools during surgery has resulted in many deaths.

2. adjective Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.

   Pharmaceuticals are packaged using aseptic techniques.

3. adjective pasteurised.
4. noun An antiseptic.

Similar words

sterile antiseptic lymphocyte germless amicrobial nonseptic nonaseptic pure nonsepticemic germ-free

Often followed by

technique meningitis necrosis conditions precautions techniques processing surgery and

Word family

aseptically