Definitions for sterilization
ster·il·iza·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sterilization, sterilisationnoun

   the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

2. sterilization, sterilisationnoun

   the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sterilizationnoun

   The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.

   Heat sterilization is used during canning so the food can be safely stored for long periods.

2. sterilizationnoun

   A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.

   Spaying a cat is a form of sterilization to limit the population growth.

3. sterilizationnoun

   an instance of a sterilization procedure

   The vet performed several sterilizations this week.

4. sterilizationnoun

   A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.

   The Federal Reserve is responsible for foreign exchange sterilization.

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1. sterilization

   Sterilization is a process that effectively eliminates or kills all forms of microbial life, including transmissible agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, spores, and prions. It can be achieved through various means such as heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure, and nuclear radiation, and is often used in medical and laboratory settings to protect against infection or contamination.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sterilizationnoun

   the act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile

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1. Sterilization

   Sterilization is a term referring to any process that eliminates or kills all forms of microbial life, including transmissible agents present on a surface, contained in a fluid, in medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media. Sterilization can be achieved by applying heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure, and filtration or combinations thereof. The term has evolved to include the disabling or destruction of infectious proteins such as prions related to Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sterilization

   The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sterilization in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sterilization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sterilization in a Sentence

1. Michael Geer:

   A review of his broadcasts suggests Dr. Oz has used his show to promote transgender ideology, including things like mastectomies on healthy teen girls and using pharmaceutical drugs to prevent puberty on healthy children, such actions permanently alter healthy bodies, can result in irreversable sterilization, and lead to more suicidal ideation, not less, as studies have shown.

2. Poonam Muttreja:

   There is a total emphasis on sterilization in India. Eighty-five percent of the expenditure for family planning is on incentives for sterilization, 13.5 percent is on equipment and salaries, and just 1.5 percent is on other forms of contraception.

3. Nanfu Wang:

   Every woman has almost gone through a forced abortion or forced sterilization, sometimes the babies...they were born alive, and because of the policy and her job, she had to kill them after they were born alive, and she is reallytraumatized because of that.

4. Mark Ghilarducci:

   It's a technology that is designed to get on the ground, and actually bring in a used N95 mask and do a sterilization and cleaning process that makes them basically new again, and this is new technology that has been certified by the FDA, and CDC, and it will be here in California, here within the next week. As capability, we'll have the ability to clean up to 80,000 masks per day.

5. Alexandra Minna Stern:

   This could be seen as a recent episode in a much longer trajectory of sterilization abuse and reproductive injustice.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sterilization
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sterilization
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sterilization
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sterilization