aseptic

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.

English a-

English septic

English aseptic

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
• idiopathic facial aseptic granuloma
• nonaseptic
• preaseptic

Related terms

• antiseptic
• septic

Translations

free of microbes

• Bulgarian: асепти́чен (aseptíčen)
• Catalan: asèptic (ca)
• Czech: aseptický (cs)
• 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)

medicine: used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes

• Bulgarian: асепти́чен (aseptíčen)

Noun

aseptic (plural aseptics)

1. An antiseptic.

Translations

antiseptic — see also antiseptic

• Bulgarian: антисепти́к (bg) m (antiseptík)

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