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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1826, noun of action from sterilize.
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 sterilization procedure 4 (context uncountable English) A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention. n. 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 sterilization procedure 4 (context uncountable English) A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
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
Sterilization ( also spelled sterilisation) is any of a number of medical techniques that intentionally leave a person unable to reproduce. It is a method of birth control. For other causes of sterility, see infertility. Sterilization methods include both surgical and non-surgical, and exist for both males and females. Sterilization procedures are intended to be permanent; reversal is generally difficult or impossible.
Most female sterilizations occur in developing countries, while vasectomies are mainly the product of industrialized countries. Women mostly make up sterilization rates worldwide, but their motivations behind the procedure vary depending on demographic factors. While physical effects are the most commonly thought of, sterilization can also affect the psyche, family, and community at large.
Sterilization (or sterilisation) is a term referring to any process that eliminates (removes) or kills (deactivates) all forms of life and other biological agents (such as prions, as well as viruses which some do not consider to be alive but are biological pathogens nonetheless), including transmissible agents (such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, prions, spore forms, unicellular eukaryotic organisms such as Plasmodium, etc.) present in a specified region, such as a surface, a volume of fluid, medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media. Sterilization can be achieved with one or more of the following: heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure, and filtration. Sterilization is distinct from disinfection, sanitization, and pasteurization in that sterilization kills, deactivates, or eliminates all forms of life and other biological agents.
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
- A medical or biological technique that intentionally leaves a person or other organism unable to reproduce
- Sterilization (medicine)
- Animal sterilization, known as neutering
- Sterilization (economics), a term referring to central bank operations aimed at neutralizing foreign exchange operations' impact on domestic money supply and to generally offset potentially adverse consequences of large capital flows
Sterilization in macroeconomics refers to the actions taken by a country's central bank to counter the effects on the money supply caused by a balance of payments surplus or deficit. This can involve open market operations undertaken by the central bank whose aim is to neutralize the impact of associated foreign exchange operations. The opposite is unsterilized intervention, where monetary authorities have not insulated their country's domestic money supply and internal balance against foreign exchange intervention.
Sterilization is most often used in the context of a central bank that takes actions to negate potentially harmful impacts of capital inflows – such as currency appreciation and inflation – both of which can reduce export competitiveness. More generally, it may refer to any form of monetary policy which seeks to hold the domestic money supply unchanged despite external shocks or other changes, including the flow of capital out of the relevant area (generally, a country).
In the second half of the 20th century, sterilization was sometimes associated with efforts by monetary authorities to "defend" the value of their currency. In the 1930s and in the 21st century, sterilization has most commonly been associated with efforts by nations with a balance of payments surplus to prevent currency appreciation.
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.