"sterilization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sterilization.wav [UK] Forms: sterilizations [plural]
Etymology: sterile + -ization or sterilize + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sterile|ization}} sterile + -ization, {{suffix|en|sterilize|ation}} sterilize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sterilization (countable and uncountable, plural sterilizations)
  1. (uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms. Tags: uncountable Translations (process of treating something to kill microorganisms): обеззаразяване (obezzarazjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), стерилизация (sterilizacija) (Bulgarian), esterilització [feminine] (Catalan), 殺菌 (Chinese Mandarin), 杀菌 (shāojūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 滅菌 (Chinese Mandarin), 灭菌 (mièjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), sterilizace [feminine] (Czech), sterilointi (Finnish), stérilisation [feminine] (French), Sterilisierung [feminine] (German), Sterilisation [feminine] (German), sterilizálás (Hungarian), sterilisasi (Indonesian), steiriliú [masculine] (Irish), sterilizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 殺菌 (sakkin) (alt: さっきん) (Japanese), зарарсыздандыру (zararsyzdandyru) (Kazakh), 멸균 (myeolgyun) (alt: 滅菌) (Korean), 균깡그리죽이기 (gyunkkanggeurijugigi) [North-Korean] (Korean), pensterilan (Malay), odkażanie [neuter] (Polish), sterylizacja [feminine] (Polish), wyjaławianie [neuter] (Polish), esterilização [feminine] (Portuguese), sterilizare [feminine] (Romanian), sterilizație [feminine] (Romanian), стерилиза́ция (sterilizácija) [feminine] (Russian), обеззара́живание (obezzaráživanije) [neuter] (Russian), esterilización [feminine] (Spanish), sterilisering [common-gender] (Swedish), sterilizasyon (Turkish), стериліза́ція (sterylizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sterilization-en-noun-xPa1-f7a Disambiguation of 'process of treating something to kill microorganisms': 72 7 5 16
  2. (uncountable) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing. Tags: uncountable Translations (procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing): стерилизация (sterilizacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кастриране (kastrirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), esterilització [feminine] (Catalan), 絕育 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝育 (juéyù) (Chinese Mandarin), sterilisatie [feminine] (Dutch), steriligo (Esperanto), malfekundigo (Esperanto), sterilisaatio (Finnish), stérilisation [feminine] (French), Sterilisation [feminine] (German), aimridiú [masculine] (Irish), sterilizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 断種 (danshu) (alt: だんしゅ) (Japanese), pemandulan (Malay), sterylizacja [feminine] (Polish), ubezpłodnienie [neuter] (Polish), esterilização [feminine] (Portuguese), sterilizare [feminine] (Romanian), sterilizație [feminine] (Romanian), стерилиза́ция (sterilizácija) [feminine] (Russian), esterilización [feminine] (Spanish), sterilisering [common-gender] (Swedish), sabaog (Tagalog), sterilizasyon (Turkish), стериліза́ція (sterylizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sterilization-en-noun-G4jr2Ja7 Disambiguation of 'procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing': 1 85 9 5
  3. (countable) An instance of a sterilization procedure. Tags: countable Translations (instance of a sterilization procedure): esterilització [feminine] (Catalan), Sterilisation [feminine] (German), steiriliúchán [masculine] (Irish), sterilizzazione [feminine] (Italian), pemandulan (Malay), esterilização [feminine] (Portuguese), sterilizare [feminine] (Romanian), стерилиза́ция (sterilizácija) [feminine] (Russian), esterilización [feminine] (Spanish), sterilisering [common-gender] (Swedish), sterilizasyon (Turkish), стериліза́ція (sterylizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sterilization-en-noun-2REXu0Ao Disambiguation of 'instance of a sterilization procedure': 1 13 78 8
  4. (uncountable) A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention. Tags: uncountable Translations (monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention): sterilisatie [feminine] (Dutch), Sterilisation [feminine] (German), sterylizacja [feminine] (Polish), стерилиза́ция (sterilizácija) [feminine] (Russian), esterilización [feminine] (Spanish), стериліза́ція (sterylizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sterilization-en-noun-pvwynL30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, English terms suffixed with -ization Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 8 7 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 24 10 8 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 24 10 8 59 Disambiguation of 'monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention': 2 4 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sterilisation Related terms: sterilize, autoclave, sanitization

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          "sense": "process of treating something to kill microorganisms",
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          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
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          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "стерилизация"
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          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "kastrirane",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
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          "word": "кастриране"
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          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
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          "word": "esterilització"
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          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "絕育"
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          "roman": "juéyù",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "绝育"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "steriligo"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "malfekundigo"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "sterilisaatio"
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          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "stérilisation"
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          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sterilisation"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aimridiú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sterilizzazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "alt": "だんしゅ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "danshu",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "断種"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "pemandulan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sterylizacja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "ubezpłodnienie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esterilização"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sterilizație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sterilizácija",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стерилиза́ция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esterilización"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sterilisering"
        },
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "sabaog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "word": "sterilizasyon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 85 9 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sterylizácija",
          "sense": "procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стериліза́ція"
        }
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          "text": "The vet performed several sterilizations this week."
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Art Perry, The Tibetans, Viking Studio, pages 23–24",
          "text": "One of the most shocking aspects of the Chinese occupation is the forced sterilization of Tibetan women. In an article on this subject, the ICLT used my photograph of a nomadic woman with her herd of goats in the Ngari region of western Tibet. In many ways this is one of the more idyllic photographs I have taken. It is a wonderfully warm image that captures the woman in the late-day sun while in the distance yak-hair tents are scattered across a dramatic Tibetan landscape. The accompanying text shatters Shangri-la like a bullet through a stained-glass window: “Gross violations of women’s reproductive freedom are not uncommon in Tibet. Some of the most disturbing reports are of ‘blitz’ campaigns of mobile family planning teams, which have gone into remote villages of Tibet and carried out forced abortions and sterilizations of virtually every woman of child bearing age, regardless of the number of children, age, or health. These barbaric practices, says the Chinese Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Dharamsala, ‘constitute an immediate threat to the survival of Tibetans as a distinct people.'\"",
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        "An instance of a sterilization procedure."
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        "(countable) An instance of a sterilization procedure."
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          "_dis1": "1 13 78 8",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
          "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "steiriliúchán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterilizzazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "word": "pemandulan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esterilização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterilizare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sterilizácija",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стерилиза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esterilización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sterilisering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "word": "sterilizasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sterylizácija",
      "sense": "instance of a sterilization procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стериліза́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterilisatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sterilisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterylizacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sterilizácija",
      "sense": "monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стерилиза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esterilización"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sterylizácija",
      "sense": "monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стериліза́ція"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sterilization"
}

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