sterilize

Alternative forms

 * (UK)

Verb

 * 1)  To deprive of the ability to procreate.
 * 2)  To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.
 * 3)  To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.
 * 4)  To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material.
 * 1)  To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: sterilizovat
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gelda
 * Irish: aimridigh
 * Italian:
 * Latin: sterilizare
 * Malay: mandulkan
 * Maori: whakamūhore
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:, стерилизирам
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: sterilizovat
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חיטא
 * Hungarian:, , csíramentesít
 * Icelandic: sótthreinsa
 * Irish: steiriligh
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 살균하다
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From, past participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) sterilized
 * 2) sterile (unable to reproduce)