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Noun sterilization has 2 senses
- sterilization, sterilisation - the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
--1 is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
--1 has particulars: neutering, fixing, altering; surgical contraception
- sterilization, sterilisation - the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
--2 is a kind of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
--2 has particulars: pasteurization, pasteurisation
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