Sterilization

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or procedure of sterilizing.
  • n. The condition of being sterile or sterilized.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
  • n. A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
  • n. an instance of a sterilization procedure
  • n. A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or operation of making sterile; specifically, the process of freeing from living germs. Also spelled sterilisation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
  • n. the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
    • Cross Reference
    autoclave    sanitization   
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    disinfection    contraception    disinfect    sterilisation    ventilation   
     
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