sterilized
/ˈstɛrəlaɪzd/
adjective
- Made completely free of germs and bacteria.
- The packaging says the bandages are sterilized and ready to use.
- The nurse handed the doctor a sterilized scalpel.
- Always use sterilized water for cleaning contact lenses.
- Having undergone a medical procedure that prevents the ability to have children.
- After the surgery, the patient was sterilized and could no longer conceive.
- The shelter only adopts out sterilized pets to prevent overpopulation.
- The sterilized animals were released back into the wild.
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verb
- Past tense of sterilize: killed all germs on something or made unable to reproduce.
- The lab technician sterilized the equipment before the experiment.
- She sterilized the kitchen counter with bleach.
- They sterilized the male dog to prevent unwanted puppies.