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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Recent Examples of aseptic
The condition, known as aseptic arthritis, may also be accompanied by skin sores and fever.26
Sepsis: The spread of N. gonorrhoeae into the bloodstream can also trigger an immune reaction known as sepsis.
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James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 14 Sep. 2024
Gehl started his food manufacturing career as a fourth-generation employee at his family's business, Gehl Foods in Germantown, where its aseptic manufacturing plant still operates.
—Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 14 Sep. 2024
Gehl started his food manufacturing career as a fourth-generation employee at his family's business, Gehl Foods in Germantown, where its aseptic manufacturing plant still operates.
—Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aseptic
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Combatting the screwworm The U.S. Department of Agriculture will build a facility in Texas, the largest cattle-producing state, that will produce sterile flies to try and keep the flies' population from growing.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rollins said the facility will be completed by the end of 2025, allowing USDA to aerially disperse sterile male flies at the border and northern Mexico to mate with wild female flies, resulting in no offspring.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The sanitary sewer overflow released an additional 131 million gallons.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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However, in March approximately 10,000 gallons of wastewater was mistakenly released by contractors of the sewerage district into a storm sewer rather than the sanitary sewer.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Aseptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aseptic. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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