The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antiseptic surgery
Antiseptic \An`ti*sep"tic\, Antiseptical \An`ti*sep"tic*al\, a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.
Usage examples of "antiseptic surgery".
I was the first man to take up this question armed with antiseptic surgery, and with a really scientific knowledge of the laws of growth.
They had to contact a race advanced enough to help with antiseptic surgery or find a way to build a fire, and it had to be soon.
They had to contact a race advanced enough to help with antiseptic surgery or find a way to build a fire, and it had to he soon.