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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)
sterilization
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)
sterilization
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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