See Also: debulk(medicine)
Debulk(health)

asepsis (iou) and debulk (medicine)


asepsis (iou)



asepsis noun. L19.
[from A-10 + SEPSIS.]
Medicine. The exclusion or absence of disease-causing micro-organisms in surgery etc.

debulk (medicine)


debulk
<procedure> To remove part of the bulk of. Debulking may be performed by surgery, by irradiation, by laser or by chemotherapy.