What does "sterilizable" mean?

Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.

Sterilizable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization. British, English, Oxford, US, not-comparable
"One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable."

"One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable."

From sterilize + -able.