Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an aseptic manner; by means of asepsis.

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  • adverb In an aseptic manner.

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Examples

  • But, he says, they are aseptically cleaned, which includes soaking them in an antimicrobial cocktail.

    Nasty Infections 2007

  • Unless it is aseptically packaged, tofu should be kept cold.

    Archive 2004-09-01 2004

  • Canned or aseptically packaged nonfat chicken, beef, and vegetable broths are invaluable cooking staples.

    Trans Fats M.A. Judith Shaw 2004

  • Canned or aseptically packaged nonfat chicken, beef, and vegetable broths are invaluable cooking staples.

    Trans Fats M.A. Judith Shaw 2004

  • Canned or aseptically packaged nonfat chicken, beef, and vegetable broths are invaluable cooking staples.

    Trans Fats M.A. Judith Shaw 2004

  • After three or four days of incubation at 29 to 30 C, spore suspensions of the organisms were transferred aseptically to bottles containing the supplemented substrate solidified with agar.

    Chapter 7 1983

  • The parts are immediately covered with aseptic absorbent cotton and this dressing is left in position for forty-eight hours and if perchance there is evidence of synovial discharge, the parts are again aseptically dressed in order to prevent infection of the articulation.

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

  • Half a dozen nurses, trousered and jacketed in the regulation white viscose-linen uniform, their hair aseptically hidden under white caps, were engaged in setting out bowls of roses in a long row across the floor.

    Brave New World Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1932

  • Cutting out the diseased places and treating aseptically may be useful in light cases, but badly infected trees are incurable, in the present state of our knowledge.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

  • Lifecore's product revenues primarily consist of sales of hyaluronan raw material and aseptically filled hyaluronan finished goods.

    Landec Corporation Reports Second Quarter and First Half Fiscal Year 2011 Results - Yahoo! Finance 2011

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