| sterilization | <biology> The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sterilization reversal | Reversal of sexual sterilization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization, involuntary | Sexual sterilization without consent of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization, sexual | Procedures for the purpose of rendering individuals incapable of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization, tubal | Surgical interruption of the fallopian tube during laparotomy or in the context of pelvioscopy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| discontinuous sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intermittent sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fractional sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |