Definitions for: Sterilize


[v] make infertile; of both males and females
[v] make free from bacteria



Webster (1913) Definition: Ster"il*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sterilized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Sterilizing.] [Cf. F. st['e]riliser.]
1. To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land;
to exhaust of fertility. [R.] ``Sterilizing the earth.''
--Woodward.

2. (Biol.)
(a) To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render
incapable of germination or fecundation; to make
sterile.
(b) To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or
mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development
of bacterial or other organisms.

Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, unsex

See Also: alter, autoclave, castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, disinfect, emasculate, neuter, operate, operate on, spay, vasectomise, vasectomize

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