preaseptic

preaseptic definition - medical

pre·a·sep·tic (prēˌə-sĕpˈtĭk, -ā-sĕpˈ-)

adjective
Of or being the period in the history of medicine and surgery when the principles of asepsis were not yet known or adopted.

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