LISTERISM
\lˈɪstəɹˌɪzəm], \lˈɪstəɹˌɪzəm], \l_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of LISTERISM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
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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.
By Thomas Davidson
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The original antiseptic treatment of wounds; inaugurated by Joseph Lister, a London surgeon, about 1869. It consisted in the use of a 2.5 to 5 per cent. solution of carbolic acid for the wounds, hands, and instruments, a carbolic spray for the air of the room during the performance of the operation, and carbolized dressings with mackintosh protective.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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