sterilisation

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Noun1.sterilisation - the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)sterilisation - the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
altering, neutering, fixing - the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
surgical contraception - contraception by surgical sterilization
2.sterilisation - the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
cleaning, cleansing, cleanup - the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
pasteurisation, pasteurization - partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food
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Translations
تَعْقير الإمرأه، تَعْقيم السّوائِل
Sterilisation
gerilsneyîing; ófrjósemisaîgerî
sterilisering
灭菌绝育

sterile

(ˈsterail) adjective
1. (of soil, plants, humans and other animals) unable to produce crops, seeds, children or young.
2. free from germs. A surgeon's equipment must be absolutely sterile.
steˈrility (-ˈri-) noun
ˈsterilize, ˈsterilise (-ri-) verb
1. to make (a woman etc) sterile.
2. to kill germs in (eg milk) or on (eg surgical instruments) by boiling.
ˌsteriliˈzation, ˌsteriliˈsation noun
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3i Infrastructure PLC (LON:3IN) has snapped up French cold sterilisation facility owner Ionisos for [euro]220mln.
Nevertheless, the challenge remains to determine an efficient and nondestructive sterilisation procedure for polymer scaffolds that preserves their structure and surface properties
[2] Literature suggests that high-risk women are at an increased risk of STIs due to low rates of condom use post sterilisation. [3] In a study of African American women residing in low-income communities, sterilised women were less likely to report using condoms with their main partners than non-sterilised women.
M2 EQUITYBITES-December 21, 2016-Cosmed Acquires iuvo BioScience's Ethylene Oxide Contract Sterilisation Operation
The sterilisation equipment market is expected to reach around 6.1bn by 2020, at a CAGR of 7.6%.from 2015 to 2020, according to a new market research report from MarketsandMarkets.
Healthcare Sterilisation: Introduction and Standard Practices; Volume 1
(40.) Piers Benn and Martin Lupton, "Sterilisation of Young, Competent, and Childless Adults," British Medical Journal 330, no.
Contexte: En Inde, la sterilisation feminine represente 66% de la pratique contraceptive et rage au moment de la procedure est en baisse.
Success rate and patient satisfaction with the Essure sterilisation in an outpatient setting: a prospective study of 857 women.
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