antissepsia
Portuguese, noun/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.sepˈsi.ɐ/
antissepsia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “antisepsis (the prevention of microbial infection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de medidas para impedir a proliferação de bactérias”.
What does antissepsia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineantisepsis (the prevention of microbial infection)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de medidas para impedir a proliferação de bactérias
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce antissepsia?
- Brazil /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.sepˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.se.piˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌɐ̃.ti.sɛpˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antissepsia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antissepsia in Portuguese?
antissepsia appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).