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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Listerism

/(lĭs"tẽr*ĭz'm)/ · Lis·ter·ism · IPA
01 n. The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English…
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    The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.(Med.)