asepsis

1. 1.

   (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

   Synonymsantisepsissterilitysterileness

   Broadersanitariness
2. 2.

   the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms

   Synonymsantisepsis

   Broaderorganic process

Other forms of asepsis

plural

asepsises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about asepsis

What does asepsis mean?

asepsis means "(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in asepsis?

asepsis has 3 syllables: a-sep-sis. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for asepsis?

Close synonyms include antisepsis, sterility, sterileness, antisepsis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asepsis a common word?

asepsis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.