"antisepsis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæn.tiˈsɛp.sɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæn.tɪˈsɛp.sɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antisepsis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: antisepses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English sepsis English antisepsis From anti- + sepsis. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|anti-|sepsis|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English sepsis English antisepsis [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "anti-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "against", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in front", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ent-", "gloss" : "face, forehead; front", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "amphikinetic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énts", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "locative", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-i", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ᾰ̓ντῐ́", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀντι-", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "anti-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sepsis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "antisepsis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="antisepsis"> From anti- + sepsis. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|antisepses}} 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (science of countering microbial infection): antisepsis [feminine] (Dutch), antisepso (Esperanto), antiseptiikka (Finnish), antisepsie [feminine] (French), Antisepsis [feminine] (German), αντισηψία (antisipsía) [feminine] (Greek), ביעור האלח (biúr haélakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), חיטוי (khitúy) [masculine] (Hebrew), antiszepszis (Hungarian), smitvörn [feminine] (Icelandic), antiseptikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), antyseptyka [feminine] (Polish), antissepsia [feminine] (Portuguese), антисе́птика (antiséptika) [feminine] (Russian), обеззара́живание (obezzaráživanije) [neuter] (Russian), antiseptik [common-gender] (Swedish), antisepsi (Turkish), sự khử trùng (Vietnamese)
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  2. (archaic) Any antiseptic agent. Tags: archaic, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-antisepsis-en-noun-ULslexDG Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 51 49

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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "usually"
      ]
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "(archaic) Any antiseptic agent."
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antisepsis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "word": "antisepso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "word": "antiseptiikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antisepsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Antisepsis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "antisipsía",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αντισηψία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "biúr haélakh",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ביעור האלח"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "khitúy",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חיטוי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "word": "antiszepszis"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smitvörn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiseptikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antyseptyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antissepsia"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "antiséptika",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "антисе́птика"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "obezzaráživanije",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
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      "word": "обеззара́живание"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
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      "word": "antiseptik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "word": "antisepsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "science of countering microbial infection",
      "word": "sự khử trùng"
    }
  ],
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}

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