sterilization

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssterilisation

   Broaderoperation

   Narrowerneuteringsurgical contraception
2. 2.

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

   Synonymssterilisation

   Broadercleaning

   Narrowerpasteurization

Other forms of sterilization

plural

sterilizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sterilization

What does sterilization mean?

sterilization means "the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sterilization?

sterilization has 5 syllables: ster-i-li-za-tion. The stress falls on "za". In IPA it is /ˌstɛɹələˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for sterilization?

Close synonyms include sterilisation, sterilisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sterilization a common word?

sterilization is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sterilization?

94 words rhyme with sterilization. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.