English Explanatory Dictionary

desterilize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To contaminate (medical equipment, etc.) so that it is no longer sterile.
To carry out a monetary process that is the reverse of sterilization.

Word forms

desterilize desterilizes desterilizing desterilized

Etymology

From de- + sterilize.

Related words

desterilization

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