sterilised
Made completely clean
Sterilised is the British spelling of sterilized.
To sterilise is to make something free of bacteria or other microorganisms: sterilised surgical instruments, sterilised milk.
It also means to make a person or animal incapable of reproduction, whether through surgery or other means: The cat was sterilised at six months.
Unable to produce offspring
- barrenUnable to produce
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- spayedOvaries surgically removed
- vasectomisedSperm ducts severed
castrated · fixed · desexed · tubal · contraceptive · childless · impotent · unfruitful
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- surgicalRelating to operations
- asepticFree from pathogens
- disinfectedFreed from harmful microorganisms
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
scalpel · forceps · gloves · gown · operating · theatre · instruments · scissors
Freed from harmful microorganisms
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- germ-freeLacking any microorganisms
- hygienicClean and disease-preventing
- uncontaminatedFree from impurities
decontaminated · cleansed · pasteurised · boiled · chlorinated · fumigated · irradiated · purified
infertile
Unable to produce offspring
vasectomised · castrated · fixed · desexed · tubal · contraceptive · childless · impotent · unfruitful · reproductively
autoclave
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- surgicalRelating to operations
- asepticFree from pathogens
- disinfectedFreed from harmful microorganisms
sanitized · scalpel · forceps · gloves · gown · operating · theatre · instruments · scissors · sutures
disinfected
Freed from harmful microorganisms
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- germ-freeLacking any microorganisms
- hygienicClean and disease-preventing
uncontaminated · decontaminated · cleansed · pasteurised · boiled · chlorinated · fumigated · irradiated · purified · bleached
sterilisedcontaminated
Made impure by contact
unsterilised · infected · septic · dirty · unclean
sterilisedfertile
Able to reproduce abundantly
fecund · unsterilised · potent · virile · breeding
steriliseduntreated
Not given care
raw · unprocessed · natural · unpasteurised · wild
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