Sterilization vs. Sterilisation

Sterilizationnoun

(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.’;

Sterilisationnoun

(British) sterilization

Sterilizationnoun

(uncountable) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.

‘Spaying a cat is a form of sterilization to limit the population growth.’;

Sterilisationnoun

the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

Sterilizationnoun

(countable) an instance of a sterilization procedure

‘The vet performed several sterilizations this week.’;

Sterilisationnoun

the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

Sterilizationnoun

(uncountable) A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.

‘The Federal Reserve is responsible for foreign exchange sterilization.’;

Sterilizationnoun

The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.

Sterilizationnoun

the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

Sterilizationnoun

the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

Sterilizationnoun

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’;

Sterilizationnoun

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’;