sterilized

1. 1.

   made infertile

   Synonymssterilised

   Similarsterile

Questions about sterilized

What does sterilized mean?

sterilized means "made infertile".

How many syllables are in sterilized?

sterilized has 3 syllables: steril-i-zed. The stress falls on "steril". In IPA it is /ˈstɛɹəˌlaɪzd/.

What is another word for sterilized?

Close synonyms include sterilised. 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 sterilized a common word?

sterilized 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.