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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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