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sterilize
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sterilize (Amer.)
v.
make sterile, make infertile; decontaminate, disinfect (also sterilise)
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Sterilization
Sterilization can refer to:
- The elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis, a sterile microbial environment
- Sterilization (microbiology)
- Soil steam sterilization, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses
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sterilize
Verb
1. make free from bacteria
(synonym) sterilise
(hypernym) disinfect
(hyponym) autoclave
(derivation) sterilization, sterilisation
2. make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
(synonym) sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
(hypernym) operate on, operate
(hyponym) alter, neuter, spay, castrate
(derivation) sterilization, sterilisation
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sterilize
adj.
sterilized
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sterilize (Amer.)
v.
kastrovat; sterilizovat
