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desterilization

noun

Etymology

From de- + sterilization.

  1. derived from sterilis
  2. borrowed from stérile
  3. suffixed as sterilization — “sterile + ization”
  4. prefixed as desterilization — “de + sterilization”

Definitions

  1. The contamination of medical equipment, etc. so that it is no longer sterile.

  2. A monetary process that is the reverse of sterilization.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for desterilization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA