English-Thai Dictionary

sterilize

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STERILIZE

v.t. 1. To make barren; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility; as, to sterilize soil or land. [Little used. ]
2. To deprive of fecundity, or the power of producing young. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STERILIZE

Ster "il *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sterilized; p. pr. & vb. n.Sterilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. stériliser. ]

 

1. To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility. [R.] "Sterilizing the earth. " Woodward.

 

2. (Biol.) (a ) To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile. (b ) To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture ),as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms.

 

STERILIZER

STERILIZER Ster "il *i `zer, n.

 

Defn: One that sterilizes anything; specif. , an apparatus for sterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sterilize

ster i lize |ˈsterəˌlīz ˈstɛrəˌlaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make (something ) free from bacteria or other living microorganisms: babies' feeding equipment can be cleaned and sterilized | (as adj. sterilized ) : sterilized jars. 2 (usu. be sterilized ) deprive (a person or animal ) of the ability to produce offspring, typically by removing or blocking the sex organs. • make (land or water ) unable to produce crops or support life. DERIVATIVES ster i liz a ble adjective, ster i li za tion |ˌsterəl (ə )ˈzāSHən |noun, ster i liz er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

sterilize

sterilize |ˈstɛrɪlʌɪz |(also sterilise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make (something ) free from bacteria or other living microorganisms: babies' feeding equipment can be cleaned and sterilized | (as adj. sterilized ) : sterilized jars. 2 deprive (a person or animal ) of the ability to produce offspring, typically by removing or blocking the sex organs. • make (land or water ) unable to produce crops or support life. DERIVATIVES sterilizable adjective, sterilization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, sterilizer noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sterilize

sterilize verb 1 the scalpel was first sterilized: disinfect, fumigate, decontaminate, sanitize; pasteurize; clean, cleanse, purify; technical autoclave. ANTONYMS contaminate. 2 over 6.5 million people were sterilized: make unable to have children, make infertile, hysterectomize, vasectomize, have one's tubes tied, have a tubal ligation, have a salpingectomy. 3 sterilizing domestic animals: neuter, castrate, spay, geld, cut, fix, desex, alter, doctor.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sterilize

sterilize verb 1 the wards had been thoroughly sterilized: disinfect, purify, fumigate, decontaminate, sanitize; pasteurize; clean, cleanse; technical autoclave; rare depurate, depollute. ANTONYMS contaminate. 2 in the last half of the year, over 6.5 million people were sterilized: vasectomize, hysterectomize; rare ovariectomize, oophorectomize, eunuchize. 3 she launched a campaign to have France's 30 million cats and dogs sterilized: castrate, geld, neuter, cut, caponize, emasculate; spay; N. Amer. & Austral. alter; informal fix, doctor.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sterilize

ster i lize /stérəlàɪz /動詞 他動詞 1 …を殺菌 [消毒 ]する ; 〈土地 〉を不毛にする (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 〈人 動物など 〉に不妊手術を施す (!しばしば受け身で ) .st é r i l ì z er 名詞 C 殺菌 [消毒 ]する人 [物 ]; 殺菌装置 .