sterilize – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
sterilize (Amer.)
v.
make sterile, make infertile; decontaminate, disinfect (also sterilise)
Sterilization
Sterilization can refer to:
- The elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis, a sterile microbial environment
sterilize
Verb
1. make free from bacteria
(synonym) sterilise
(hypernym) disinfect
(hyponym) autoclave
(derivation) sterilization, sterilisation
2. make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
(synonym) sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
(hypernym) operate on, operate
(hyponym) alter, neuter, spay, castrate
(derivation) sterilization, sterilisation
sterilize
adj.
sterilized
sterilize (Amer.)
v.
kastrovat; sterilizovat
