Synonyms and Antonyms of sterilization

synonym (synonym of sterilization)

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

hypernym (sterilization IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) (noun.act)
    operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun.act)
     
  • the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) (noun.act)
    cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
    the act of making something clean (noun.act)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF sterilization relation)

  • the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) (noun.act)
    altering, fixing, neutering
    the sterilization of an animal (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    surgical contraception
    contraception by surgical sterilization (noun.act)
     
  • the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) (noun.act)
    pasteurisation, pasteurization
    partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food (noun.act)
     

derivation (.... is derived from sterilization)

  • the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) (noun.act)
    desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
    make infertile (verb.body)
     
  • the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) (noun.act)
    sterilise, sterilize
    make free from bacteria (verb.body)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym derivation sterilisation cleaning cleansing cleanup operation pasteurisation pasteurization altering surgical contraception sterilise sterilize desex desexualise
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. sterilisation . operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process . cleaning, cleansing, cleanup . altering, fixing, neutering . surgical contraception . pasteurisation, pasteurization . desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex . sterilise, sterilize


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