antisepsis

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ sepsis.

Noun

antisepsis (usually uncountable, plural antisepses)

1. (hygiene) The science and practice of countering microbial infection, as with the use of antiseptics, and the use of aseptic technique.
2. (archaic) Any antiseptic agent.
   • 1908, Columbia Photographic Society, Camera: a practical magazine for photographers, volume 12:

     Pastes made with ordinary wheat flour are very liable to mould and while this tendency may be counteracted by addition of chemical preservatives, there is danger that such antisepses may not be healthful for the print itself.

Translations

science of countering microbial infection

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Arabic: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: antisepsis (nl) f Esperanto: antisepso Finnish: antiseptiikka French: antisepsie (fr) f German: Antisepsis f Greek: αντισηψία (el) f (antisipsía) Hebrew: ביעור האלח m (biúr haélakh), חיטוי (he) m (khitúy) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: antiszepszis (hu) Icelandic: smitvörn f Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Nynorsk: antiseptikk m Polish: antyseptyka (pl) f Portuguese: antissepsia (pt) f Russian: антисе́птика (ru) f (antiséptika), обеззара́живание (ru) n (obezzaráživanije) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: antiseptik (sv) c Turkish: antisepsi (tr) Vietnamese: sự khử trùng Yiddish: please add this translation if you can Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• inspissate

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antisepsis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tiˈsɛp.sɪs/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧sep‧sis

Noun

antisepsis f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. antisepsis

   Synonyms: desinfectie, desinfectering

Related terms

• antisepticum
• antiseptisch

Esperanto

Verb

antisepsis

1. past of antisepsi

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English antisepsis. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ sepsis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔantiˈsepsis/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈsɛp.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -epsis
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧sep‧sis

Noun

antisepsis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. antisepsis (science of countering microbial infection)

   Synonym: antisepsiya

Related terms

• anti-
• antisepsiya
• antiseptiko
• sepsis
• septiko

Further reading

• “antisepsis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.