Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sterilization"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sterilization \Ster`il*i*za"tion\, n. (Biol.)
The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile;
also, the state of being sterile.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sterilization
n 1: the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to
reproduce) [syn: {sterilisation}]
2: the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria of
other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
[syn: {sterilisation}]
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