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sterilize 音标拼音: [st'ɛrəl ,ɑɪz]
vt. 使成不毛,断种,杀菌,消毒 使成不毛,断种,杀菌,消毒 sterilize v 1: make free from bacteria [ synonym: { sterilize}, { sterilise}] 2: make infertile; " in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" [ synonym: { sterilize}, { sterilise}, { desex}, { unsex}, { desexualize}, { desexualise}, { fix}] Sterilize \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Biol.) To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile. 3. ( Microbiology, Medicine) To destroy all spores or germs in ( an organic fluid or mixture) or on ( a medical instrument), as by heat, so as to prevent contamination by bacteria or other organisms. A common method of sterilization in laboratories and medical facilities is to heat a liquid sample or an instrument in an autoclave. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 4. To destroy all spores or germs on ( a surface) by wetting with an antiseptic liquid, such as an alcoholic solution. [ PJC] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " sterilize": alter, antisepticize, autoclave, boil, castrate, change, chlorinate, clean, cleanse, decontaminate, delouse, demasculinize, depurate, desex, desexualize, devitalize, disinfect, effeminize, emasculate, enervate, etiolate, exhaust, fix, fumigate, geld, hygienize, mutilate, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitate, sanitize, spay, unman, unnerve, unsex
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