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The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria of other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
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sterilization
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1826, noun of action from sterilize .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context uncountable English) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms. 2 (context uncountable English) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing. 3 (context countable English) an instance of a ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) [syn: sterilisation ] the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) [syn: sterilisation ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sterilization may 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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sterilization \Ster`il*i*za"tion\, n. (Biol.) The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
Usage examples of sterilization.
If a mat was smuggled and not passed through sterilization, microfauna came in the reeds.
In retrospect, the sterilization program served as an early paradigm for techniques of annihilation and the public policy of sanitizing the culture against biological and genetic threat.
No rnicrobacteria, nanobacteria, archaea or nanofossils was found in any retrieved rock, all of which was retrieved and handled using GEC-mandated sterilization techniques.
This man wanted to marry an unsterilized woman, so he was strongly opposed to sterilization.
As regards the suggestion that sterilization may lead to new foci of venereal disease, it must be borne in mind that the unsterilized feeble-minded are already prone to sexual promiscuity, and there is no evidence that sterilization would increase this tendency.
The short sway of these lawless bands had wrought much terror, suffering, and harm upon the already-stricken land, but they had, unknowing of it, also wrought not a little good in their depredations, Harold later concluded, in that they had wantonly fired numerous of the steadings, farms, halls, manors, castles, and abbeys after they had looted them, thus destroying and subjecting to direct-flame sterilization countless reservoirs of the plague.
Mercer Meats adheres to, in fact, surpasses all USDA requirements for meat processing in terms of sanitation and sterilization.
As I've told you, now is a time for final mop-ups, for sterilization and autoclaving, for eliminating any evidence that might point to them.
He tried Hermitsch on Fall Out & the Andaman Islanders and even Sterilization, Vasectomy and Abortion by Allard, but these holy writs all failed against the pervasive fantasy of the bedder.
Tasha-Bybar, had reversed the sterilization procedure obligatory to all time-traveling women, making Sukey ready for King Thagdal's droit du seigneur (Tasha, a great heroine to the Tanu, had perfected this restoration of fertility, making possible the Tanu breeding scheme that utilized human women.
Burnham had informed her that epidural anesthesia was safer and would leave her feeling better after the abortion and the sterilization procedure were over.
Despite all guards set over the still and the purified alcohol, the hands, living on half their usual daily ration of grog, were so desperate for drink that they contrived somehow to get at the pure grain alcohol meant for sterilization.
No microbacteria, nanobacteria, archaea, or nanofossils were found in any retrieved rock, all of which was retrieved and handled using GEC-mandated sterilization techniques.
Weinstein waved a sterilization tool around the wound and additional abrasions farther up his chest.
The Sanjay Youth Movement was particularly effective in the sterilization campaign.