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Sterilisation

noun
1.
The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce).  Synonym: sterilization.
2.
The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means).  Synonym: sterilization.





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... complete in every detail; I walked through clothing stores where, in a single day, six hundred men had been equipped from head to foot; I beheld large machines for the sterilisation of garments foul with the grime of battle and ...
— Great Britain at War • Jeffery Farnol


Words linked to "Sterilisation" :   surgical process, sterilization, surgery, surgical contraception, altering, sterilise, surgical operation, cleanup, fixing, surgical procedure, operation, neutering, cleaning, pasteurisation, cleansing, pasteurization


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