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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sterilization. UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
2. 2
   the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) wordnet
3. 3
   the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

sterilisersterilization