a. [f. Lister + -IAN.] Applied to the system of antiseptic surgery invented by Sir Joseph (now Lord) Lister.
1880. Mac Cormac, Antisept. Surg., 52. The enormous advantages which are to be derived from the Listerian system of dressing.
a. [f. Lister + -IAN.] Applied to the system of antiseptic surgery invented by Sir Joseph (now Lord) Lister.
1880. Mac Cormac, Antisept. Surg., 52. The enormous advantages which are to be derived from the Listerian system of dressing.