sterilization
Making completely sterile
Sterilization is the process of making something free from living microorganisms—equipment is sterilized before surgery, jars before canning.
The word also means rendering a person or animal incapable of reproduction, whether through surgical procedures like vasectomy or tubal ligation, or involuntarily as in forced sterilization programs.
The vet recommended sterilization for the cat.
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- asepsisAbsence of harmful microorganisms
- sanitizationCleaning to remove pathogens
decontamination · pasteurization · irradiation · germicide · bactericide · dry heat · gamma radiation · ultrasonic cleaning
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- pressure cookerSealed pot using steam
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- trayShallow portable platform
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
Male sterilization surgery
- tubal ligationFallopian tube severance surgery
- infertilityInability to reproduce
- hysterectomyExcision of the uterus
- bilateralInvolving two parties
reversal · childlessness · castration · spaying · neutering · family planning · irreversible · laparoscopic
Thermal pathogen elimination process
- canningAirtight food preservation
- retortQuick, cutting reply
- UHTExtreme-heat sterilization method
- irradiationExposure to radiant energy
shelf-stable · preserving · jarring · pressure canning · food safety · hermetic seal
Hitler's fascist dictatorship
- racial hygienePseudoscientific selective breeding ideology
- disability rightsProtections for impaired individuals
- human rights violationBreach of fundamental dignities
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
ethnic cleansing · medical ethics · reparations · survivors · indigenous peoples · marginalized communities · Nuremberg
autoclave
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- asepsisAbsence of harmful microorganisms
sanitization · decontamination · pasteurization · irradiation · germicide · bactericide · dry heat · gamma radiation · ultrasonic cleaning
autoclave
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- pressure cookerSealed pot using steam
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- trayShallow portable platform
vasectomy
Male sterilization surgery
- tubal ligationFallopian tube severance surgery
- infertilityInability to reproduce
- hysterectomyExcision of the uterus
bilateral · reversal · childlessness · castration · spaying · neutering · family planning · irreversible · laparoscopic · informed consent
pasteurization
Thermal pathogen elimination process
irradiation · shelf-stable · preserving · jarring · pressure canning · food safety · hermetic seal
Nazi Germany
Hitler's fascist dictatorship
- racial hygienePseudoscientific selective breeding ideology
- disability rightsProtections for impaired individuals
- human rights violationBreach of fundamental dignities
genocide · ethnic cleansing · medical ethics · reparations · survivors · indigenous peoples · marginalized communities · Nuremberg
- biocontainmentdecontamination, clean rooms, isolation protocols, quarantine protocols, biocontainment
- Germ Killingdisinfection, antiseptics, disinfectants, tetracyclines, sulfonamides
- Lab Techniquescentrifugation, electrophoresis, PCR, streak plate, microscopy
- medical standardsdiagnostic criteria, infection control, safety protocols, antibiotic use, drug interactions
- hygienehygiene, handwashing, toothbrush, hand washing, sanitizer
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
sterilizationcontamination
Introduction of impurities
infection · inoculation · infestation · bacterial growth · sepsis
sterilizationfertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
conception · impregnation · procreation · insemination · reproduction
sterilizationcontamination
Introduction of impurities
pollution · spoliation · rottenness · corruption · defilement
- surgical sterilizationOperation to prevent conception
- forced sterilizationInvoluntary surgical infertility