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Sterilization
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act or operation of making sterile; specifically, the process of freeing from living germs. Also spelled
sterilisation
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
noun.
A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
noun.
an instance of a sterilization procedure
noun.
A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
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noun.
the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
noun.
the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)