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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An antiseptic method of operating introduced by Sir Joseph Lister, an English surgeon (born 1827).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.
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