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Aseptic (adjective)
Free of disease-causing microbes.
“The lack of aseptic tools during surgery has resulted in many deaths.”
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Aseptic (adjective)
Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.
“Pharmaceuticals are packaged using aseptic techniques.”
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Aseptic (adjective)
pasteurised.
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Septic (adjective)
Of or pertaining to sepsis.
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Septic (adjective)
Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
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Septic (adjective)
Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
“septic tank; septic system”
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Septic (adjective)
Of the seventh degree or order.
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Septic (noun)
A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
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Septic (noun)
A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
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Septic (noun)
A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
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Septic (noun)
An American, a Yank.
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Aseptic (adjective)
free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; surgically sterile or sterilized.
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Aseptic (adjective)
(of surgical practice) aiming at the complete exclusion of harmful microorganisms.
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Septic (adjective)
(chiefly of a wound or a part of the body) infected with bacteria
“his feet had gone septic”
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Septic (adjective)
denoting a drainage system incorporating a septic tank.
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Septic (noun)
a drainage system incorporating a septic tank.