aseptic

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ septic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɛptɪk/

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Adjective

aseptic (not comparable)

1. Free of disease-causing microbes.

   The lack of aseptic tools during surgery has resulted in many deaths.

2. (medicine) Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.

   Pharmaceuticals are packaged using aseptic techniques.

3. (food industry) pasteurised.

Derived terms

• aseptically
• asepticise
• asepticism
• asepticize
• aseptic meningitis
• aseptic necrosis
• aseptic technique
• nonaseptic
• preaseptic

Related terms

• antiseptic
• septic

Translations

free of microbes

Catalan: asèptic (ca) Danish: aseptisk Finnish: aseptinen (fi) German: aseptisch (de) Greek: άσηπτος (el) (ásiptos) Irish: aiseipteach Polish: aseptyczny (pl) Portuguese: asséptico (pt) Russian: асепти́ческий (ru) (asɛptíčeskij) Spanish: aséptico (es)

Noun

aseptic (plural aseptics)

1. An antiseptic.

Anagrams

• capites, capsite, paciest, spicate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aseptique.

Adjective

aseptic m or n (feminine singular aseptică, masculine plural aseptici, feminine/neuter plural aseptice)

1. aseptic

Declension

Declension of aseptic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	aseptic		aseptică		aseptici	aseptice
	definite	asepticul		aseptica		asepticii	asepticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	aseptic		aseptice		aseptici	aseptice
	definite	asepticului		asepticei		asepticilor	asepticelor