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listerian
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Listerian \Lis*te"ri*an\ (l[i^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*an), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism.
Usage examples of listerian.
Thus, in the space of a century, surgical mortality, which was generally 80 per cent at the time of the Civil War, was cut to 45 per cent by Listerian methods, and slowly cut even further in ensuing years, until it is now about 3 per cent in most hospitals.
The development of anesthesia made operations more common, and the use of Listerian antisepsis did much to reduce cross-infection and epidemics of "hospitalism.