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MeSH Heading: Antisepsis
Tree Number(s): N06.850.780.200.450.150
Unique ID: D000985
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000985
Annotation: differentiate from ASEPSIS: ANTISEPSIS is the destruction of pathogens, ASEPSIS is the prev of their invasion
Scope Note: The destruction of germs causing disease.
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: history (HI)

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