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radiosterilization

noun

Etymology

From radio- + sterilization.

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

Definitions

  1. The sterilization (either of an organism, or a surgical implement) by ionizing radiation…

    The sterilization (either of an organism, or a surgical implement) by ionizing radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for radiosterilization. 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