7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
noun the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English sepsis English asepsis From a- + sepsis.
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