antisepsiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• antisepsya — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish antisepsia, from French antisepsie, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) + σῆψις (sêpsis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔantiˈsepsia/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈsɛp.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔantiˈsepsia/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈsɛp.sjɐ]
• Rhymes: -epsia
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧sep‧si‧ya

Noun

antisépsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. antisepsis (science of countering microbial infection)

   Synonym: antisepsis

Related terms

• anti-
• antisepsis
• antiseptiko
• sepsis
• septiko

See also

• des-impeksiyon

Further reading

• “antisepsiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 40