as in sterile
free from filth, infection, or dangers to health
patients with compromised immune systems must be treated in aseptic environments
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In my neighborhood, for example, the Duke and University of North Carolina health systems could extend their brand differentiation into their telehealth operations, which could otherwise function as rather aseptic standalone systems.
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Deepak Sirdeshmukh, STAT, 3 May 2024
While commuting to other, similarly aseptic indoor spaces—co-working offices, movie theaters, friends’ apartments—I’ll skirt around pigeons, avert my eyes from a gnarly rat, shudder at the odd scuttling cockroach.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
The dispenser is loaded with an easily replaceable Clean Cassette®, which contains 420 disks and preserves them in an aseptic environment until it is applied to a stethoscope.
—Kristen Lynch, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
The tale was told, moreover, in a terse, tensed, tight style of laconic, aseptic sentences which will be difficult to capture in a series without resorting to the liberal use of voiceover.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Sep. 2021
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Deepak Sirdeshmukh, STAT, 3 May 2024
While commuting to other, similarly aseptic indoor spaces—co-working offices, movie theaters, friends’ apartments—I’ll skirt around pigeons, avert my eyes from a gnarly rat, shudder at the odd scuttling cockroach.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
The dispenser is loaded with an easily replaceable Clean Cassette®, which contains 420 disks and preserves them in an aseptic environment until it is applied to a stethoscope.
—Kristen Lynch, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
The tale was told, moreover, in a terse, tensed, tight style of laconic, aseptic sentences which will be difficult to capture in a series without resorting to the liberal use of voiceover.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Sep. 2021
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“Aseptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aseptic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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