antisepsiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish antisepsia, from French antisepsie, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) + σῆψις (sêpsis).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔantiˈsepsia/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈsɛp.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔantiˈsepsia/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈsɛp.sjɐ]
  • Rhymes: -epsia
  • Syllabification: an‧ti‧sep‧si‧ya

Noun

antisépsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. antisepsis (science of countering microbial infection)
    Synonym: antisepsis

See also

Further reading

  • “antisepsiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 40
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