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unsterilized

a. Not sterilized.

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unsterilized

adj. not sterilized [syn: unsterilised]

Usage examples of "unsterilized".

Since they are needle drugs there is always the chance of missing a vein, which leads to a stiff arm for a few days or of contracting serum hepatitis from unsterilized needles.

Already weakened by the ravages of cancer and radiation treatment, most could not withstand the shock of having an unsterilized hand thrust inside their bodies.

But it was the unsterilized catalysts that were supposed to be the only really effective ones.

Probably the most selective of any of these three agencies is the variable resistance to disease and infection and the widely varying knowledge and appreciation of the need for hygienic living shown by the individual, as, for instance, by less reckless drinking of unsterilized water.

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 fetid odor, the little window admitting only darkness, the oozing heat from the radiators, the bovine murmurings and mooings from the courtyard below, his own moans and little cries of pleasure as his udders are stroked, unsterilized little words splashing to paper.

Consequently, the people who process the frogs simply hack off the thighs--using unsterilized instruments--and leave the frog to die in agony.