HyperDic: aseptic

English > 1 sense of the word aseptic:
ADJECTIVEallaseptic, sterilefree of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
English > aseptic: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningFree of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.
Examples
  • "aseptic surgical instruments"
  • "aseptic surgical techniques"
Synonymsterile
BroaderantisepticThoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
Spanishaséptico, estéril
Catalanasèptic, estèril
Nounsasepsisthe process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
asepsis(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

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