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Etymology edit

Internationalism, affixed steril +‎ -isasi, borrowed from Dutch sterilisatie.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ste.ri.li.ˈsa.si/
  • Rhymes: -si, -i
  • Hyphenation: ste‧ri‧li‧sa‧si

Noun edit

sterilisasi (plural sterilisasi-sterilisasi, first-person possessive sterilisasiku, second-person possessive sterilisasimu, third-person possessive sterilisasinya)

  1. sterilization, sterilisation:
    1. (microbiology) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
    2. (biology, medicine) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.

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References edit

  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

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