STERILISATION

sterilization, sterilisation

(noun) the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

sterilization, sterilisation

(noun) the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

sterilisation (countable and uncountable, plural sterilisations)

(British) Alternative spelling of sterilization

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 January 2025

BOOK

(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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