(Tıp) Bakterileri tahrib etme (dezenfeksiyonla karıştırılmamalı, dezenfeksiyon yalnız patojen olanları, sterilizasyon, bütün bakterileri tahrip etmektedir), mikroplarını kırma
the act of rendering something free from living cells In hydroponics it is essential that all materials (especially any growing medium) used are sterile to avoid contaminating the hydroponic system Steam and chemical agents are often used in this process
Any surgical procedure intended to end fertility permanently (see contraception). Such operations remove or interrupt the anatomical pathways through which the cells involved in fertilization travel (see reproductive system). They are relatively simple and more than 99% effective. The operations used in humans are vasectomy in men and tubal ligation (tying off and blocking or cutting of the fallopian tubes) in women. Though these operations are considered permanent, the development of microsurgery has improved the chances of reversal. Animals are sterilized by castration in males and spaying (removal of the ovaries) in females
The killing or eradication of all viable vegetative and persistent forms of pathogenic and apathogenic micro-organisms in materials and preparations or on objects [6] using a suitable, efficacy-controlled process
A validated process used to render a product free of all forms of viable micro-organisms Note: In a sterilization process, the nature of microbiological death is described by an exponential function Therefore, the presence of micro-organisms on an individual item can be expressed in terms of probability While this probability can be reduced to a very low number, it can never be reduced to zero
Process of cleaning and steam or gas autoclaving materials such that the latter will consistently produce negative results when tested with biological indicators
the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)