no-touch
/ˌnəʊˈtʌtʃ/Surgery and Medicine
adjective
Originally: designating any technique in which a surgical site, wound, etc., is touched by sterilized instruments or dressings rather than the hands (especially for procedures performed outside an operating theatre). Later also: designating any technique in which a lesion, tissue, etc., is not touched directly by instruments or the hands.
Origin
1940s. From no + touch.
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- diethylene glycol
- diethylstilbestrol
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- dietitian
- Diet of Worms
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- die with one's boots on
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