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photosterilization

noun

Etymology

From photo- + sterilization.

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

Definitions

  1. sterilization, typically of surgical instruments, by exposure to ultraviolet light

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for photosterilization. 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