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sterilizable

adj

Etymology

From sterilize + -able.

  1. derived from sterilis
  2. borrowed from stérile
  3. formed as sterilize — “sterile + -ize”
  4. suffixed as sterilizable — “sterilize + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be sterilized

    Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.

    • One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable.

The neighborhood

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