STERILISE

sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix

(verb) make infertile; “in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized”

sterilize, sterilise

(verb) make free from bacteria

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

sterilise (third-person singular simple present sterilises, present participle sterilising, simple past and past participle sterilised)

(British and Commonwealth) Alternative form of sterilize

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

31 October 2024

INLAY

(noun) (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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