The principles, practice, or philosophy of maintaining aseptic conditions; the doctrine of sterile surgical and medical techniques.
From aseptic plus -ism (system of beliefs/practices), referring to the methodology and philosophy of germ-free medical practice.
Asepticism revolutionized medicine—when surgeons adopted strict germ-free practices in the 1880s, surgical death rates plummeted and changed forever what doctors could attempt!
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