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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LISTERISM
LISTERISM
Lis
"
ter
*
ism,
n. (
Med.
)
Defn:
The
systematic
use
of
antiseptics
in
the
performance
of
operations
and
the
treatment
of
wounds; --
so
called
from
Joseph
Lister,
an
English
surgeon.