Crossword-Solution: LISTERISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Listerism | n. | The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon. |
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| Antiseptic method introduced by pioneer British surgeon. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also,
the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many
fishes.
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Sentences with LISTERISM (3)
PREVENTIVE INOCULATION The controversy over spontaneous generation, which, thanks to Pasteur and Tyndall, had just been brought to a termination, made it clear that no bacterium need be feared where an antecedent bacterium had not found lodgment; Listerism in surgery had now shown how much might be accomplished towards preventing the access of germs to abraded surfaces of the body and destroying those that already had found lodgment there.
LISTERISM, lis't[.e]r-izm, _n._ an antiseptic method of operating introduced by the English surgeon, Lord _Lister_, born 1827.--_v.t._ LIS'TERISE, to treat by Listerism.
What is commonly known as “Listerism” is a development of the germ theory of disease, which has revolutionised the art of surgery by its direct and indirect influence.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1951).