Crossword clues for antisepsis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antisepsis \An`ti*sep"sis\, n. [NL. See Anti-; Sepsis.] Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The science and practice of countering microbial infection, as with the use of antiseptics, and the use of aseptic technique. 2 (context archaic English) Any antiseptic agent.
WordNet
n. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, sterility, sterileness]
the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms [syn: asepsis]
Usage examples of "antisepsis".
And though we now understand antisepsis, we still cannot explain why anesthetic gases kill pain.
The notion of antisepsis had stayed with them through the lost centuries, and they used alcohol as an antiseptic and boiled the bandages and instruments.
It was common in the early days of antisepsis for a skeptical surgeon to half-heartedly try the lengthy, exasperating techniques on one or two patients, find that the patients still became infected, and generalize from this experience to conclude the system was worthless.
It was heralded by the development of anesthesia and antisepsis, both less than one hundred fifty years old.
He wished he had some kind of antiseptic ointment to apply, but his command of the Indigene language did not extend as far as any word for antisepsis, and when he asked if their herbal remedies included anything for reducing the inflammation of an open wound, they did not seem to understand what he was saying.
The only difference between us and the Aztecs is one of method: we have anesthesia, we have antisepsis and asepsis, we use scalpels instead of obsidian blades to cut out the hearts of our victims.
In Europe some individuals like Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur were beginning to understand a few of the implications of germs and infections, but in the United States surgical antisepsis was unpracticed.
Everything is at hand in the way of instruments and appliances likely to be required, and the entire procedure is conducted upon the principles of perfect cleanliness and antisepsis, which obviate the risk of inflammation and blood-poisoning.
He could deliver babies, stitch up wounds, set broken limbs, and comfort the dying, and he had acquired basic knowledge of the vectors of infection, of antisepsis and antibiotics.
More knowledge, however, of the history of surgery has given a serious set-back to this self-complacency, and now we know that the later medieval surgeons understood practical antisepsis very well, and applied it successfully.
Such expressions of course could only have come from men who had succeeded in solving some of the problems of antisepsis that were solved once more in the generation preceding our own.
The italics in the word modern are mine, but might well have been used by some early advocate of antisepsis or even by Lord Lister himself.
Abel, so keen on antisepsis, would produce the first-aid set from the cupboard.
I suppose it gives the right effect: cheerfulness and antisepsis hand in hand.
And though we now understand antisepsis, we still cannot explain why anesthetic gases kill pain.