Sterilization vs. Sanitization — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sterilization and Sanitization
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Sterilization
The process of making something free from bacteria or other living microorganisms
The food processing plant has undergone three sterilizations supervised by a microbiologist
Disinfection and sterilization of surgical equipment
Sanitization
To make sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting.
Sterilization
Surgery to make a person or animal unable to produce offspring
She had three children and had undergone sterilization
In the years preceding the case, the number of sterilizations performed there rose dramatically
Sanitization
To make more acceptable by removing unpleasant or offensive features from
Sanitized the language in adapting the novel for television.
Sterilization
To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.
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Sanitization
The act of sanitizing something.
Sterilization
To eliminate the ability of a person or animal to produce offspring, as by altering or removing the reproductive organs.
Sanitization
The process of editing a security-classified document in order to reduce its classification level.
Sterilization
To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating.
Sanitization
Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
Sterilization
To render (land) unfruitful.
Sterilization
(Economics) To place (gold) in safekeeping so as not to affect the supply of money or credit.
Sterilization
To make inoffensive or innocuous
Sterilized the terminology with euphemisms.
Sterilization
(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
Heat sterilization is used during canning so the food can be safely stored for long periods.
Sterilization
(uncountable) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
Spaying a cat is a form of sterilization to limit the population growth.
Sterilization
(countable) An instance of a sterilization procedure.
The vet performed several sterilizations this week.
Sterilization
(uncountable) A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
The Federal Reserve is responsible for foreign exchange sterilization.
Sterilization
The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
Sterilization
The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
Sterilization
The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
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