Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'



Sterilize   /stˈɛrəlˌaɪz/   Listen
Sterilize

verb
(past & past part. sterilized; pres. part. sterilizing)
1.
Make free from bacteria.  Synonym: sterilise.
2.
Make infertile.  Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, unsex.



Related search:



WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Sterilize" Quotes from Famous Books



... his life. He ordered that the guard-ship admit him to its airlock, which then was to be filled with steam and chlorine. The combination would sterilize and partly even eat away his space-suit, after which the chlorine and steam should be bled out to space, and air from the ship let into the lock. If he stripped off the space-suit without touching its outer surface, and reentered the investigating ship while the suit was flung ...
— Pariah Planet • Murray Leinster

... fluid escapes when the trocar is withdrawn, the dose of the fluid selected is injected through the canula, which is then withdrawn. An important point is that the operation must be absolutely aseptic; great care is taken to sterilize thoroughly the instruments, site of operation and fluid used. The patient is placed in that position which will yield the best and safest analgesia for the operation; it is essential, however, that the patient's head ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



Words linked to "Sterilize" :   demasculinize, autoclave, neuter, vasectomize, demasculinise, castrate, spay, vasectomise, sterilization, desex, operate on, alter, sterilizer, operate, emasculate, disinfect, desexualize



Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com