sterilization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
An instance of a sterilization procedure.
A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
The process of permanently rendering a planet like Earth completely uninhabitable to all life, including even microbes, leading to their complete extinction.

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sterilization sterilizations sterilisation

From sterile + -ization or sterilize + -ation.

sterilize autoclave sanitization

autosterilization chemosterilization desterilization immunosterilization photosterilization radiosterilization resterilization

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