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Webster 1913 Edition
Listerism
Lis′ter-ism
(lĭs′tẽr-ĭz’m)
, Noun.
(Med.)
The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; – so called from
Joseph
, an English surgeon. Lister
Definition 2024
Listerism
Listerism
English
Noun
Listerism (uncountable)
- (medicine, dated) The systematic use of antiseptics in operations and the treatment of wounds.