Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Free of pathogenic microorganisms.
- adjective Using methods to protect against infection by pathogenic microorganisms.
- adjective Lacking animation or emotion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Free from the living germs of disease, fermentation, or putrefaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
- adjective free from pathogenic microorganisms; sterile.
- adjective lacking emotion, human warmth, or excitement.
- noun An aseptic substance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Free of disease-causingmicrobes . - adjective medicine Used to
protect againstinfection by disease-causing microbes. - adjective
pasteurised .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
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Examples
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Drosophila in aseptic culture3; and the chance contamination of one of our cultures of Drosophila with a particular bacterium - we were able to isolate the v+ hormone in crystalline state from a bacterial culture supplied with tryptophan4, and with A.J. Haagen-Smit to identify it as kynurenine5, originally isolated by Kotake, and later structurally identified correctly by Butenandt.
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If you or somebody you care for takes the anticonvulsant drug lamotrigine (Lamictal and generic), you should be aware that in rare cases it can cause inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, a serious condition known as aseptic meningitis.
Epilepsy, bipolar drug Lamictal linked to brain inflammation 2010
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If you or somebody you care for takes the anticonvulsant drug lamotrigine Lamictal and generic, you should be aware that in rare cases it can cause inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, a serious condition known as aseptic meningitis.
Epilepsy, bipolar drug Lamictal linked to brain inflammation 2010
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This was due to the introduction of the so-called aseptic theory so widely prevalent to-day, of which the chief prophet in 1885 was
Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's anti-seizure drug Lamictal can cause a brain inflammation known as aseptic meningitis, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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And expect more breakthroughs in "aseptic" packaging, the same technology that's brought Americans long-lasting juice boxes for kids.
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~ -- This is a table of the "aseptic" type, composed of steel tubing, nickel-plated or enamelled.
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Active and intelligent packaging, coatings, packaging design such as aseptic innovations along with non-thermal and aseptic processing are all leading examples of what the group terms as a disruptive technology.
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RGH global activities span the globe, although the company's latest annual report says its principal competitor, TetraPak has a "significantly higher" share of the global "aseptic" packaging market, used for packaging food, beverages and pharmaceuticals than RGH.
NZ On Screen 2010
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RGH global activities span the globe, although the company's latest annual report says its principal competitor, TetraPak has a "significantly higher" share of the global "aseptic" packaging market, used for packaging food, beverages and pharmaceuticals than RGH.
NZ On Screen 2010
Kristianto2010 commented on the word aseptic
Basically, spawn production is nothing more than putting Mycelium of the desired mushroom in suitable sterilized substrates under aseptic conditions (suci hama).
January 25, 2011