antisepsis

From anti- +‎ sepsis.

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.
2. (archaic) Any antiseptic agent.
   • 1908, Columbia Photographic Society, Camera: a practical magazine for photographers, volume 12:

     Pastes made with ordinary wheat flour are very liable to mould and while this tendency may be counteracted by addition of chemical preservatives, there is danger that such antisepses may not be healthful for the print itself.

• inspissate

Borrowed from Latin antisepsis.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tiˈsɛp.sɪs/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧sep‧sis

antisepsis f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. antisepsis

   Synonyms: desinfectie, desinfectering

• antisepticum
• antiseptisch

• IPA^(key): /antiˈsepsis/
• Rhymes: -epsis
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧sep‧sis

antisepsis

1. past of antisepsi

Borrowed from English antisepsis. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ sepsis.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔantiˈsepsis/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈsɛp.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -epsis
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧sep‧sis

antisepsis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. antisepsis (science of countering microbial infection)

   Synonym: antisepsiya

• “antisepsis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018