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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms;
[syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness]

2. the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms;
[syn: antisepsis, asepsis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asepsis \A*sep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + sepsis.] State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

asepsis n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness] 2: the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms [syn: antisepsis, asepsis]