Sterilization
Pronunciation : Ster`il*i*za"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
(Biol.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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