Sterilize definition

Sterilize means to render an animal incapable of reproducing
Sterilize means to render free of viable microbiological agents.
Sterilize means the eradication of all microbial life through the use of heat, pressure, steam or chemical sterilant.

Examples of Sterilize in a sentence

  • Sterilize potable water system with solution containing 250 parts per million minimum of available chlorine.

  • Sterilize potable water system with solution containing 200 parts per million minimum of available chlorine and maintaining pH of 7.5 minimum.

  • Sterilize blades by dipping them in a solution of 1 part bleach and 9 parts water or heavily spray them with a disinfectant spray, such as Lysol.

  • Sterilize by filtration or autoclave at 121°C (15 PSI) for 15 minutes.

  • Sterilize outside of Tube A containing the cells with 70% alcohol solution.


More Definitions of Sterilize

Sterilize means the heat treatment after packing of a dairy product or an imitation dairy product to such extent that the product concerned will be resistant to microbiological decay for a period of at least 14 days if kept at a temperature of 30 °C ± 1 °C;
Sterilize means the use of a physical or chemical pro- cedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores.
Sterilize means a process used to make wool, feathers, down, shoddy, or hair free from bacteria or other living microorganisms.
Sterilize means a cleaning process which results in the total destruction of all forms of microbial life.
Sterilize means to destroy all living organisms
Sterilize means to treat an object or surface with a procedure that kills or irreversibly inactivates all microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and pathogenic fungi, including their spores.
Sterilize means sterilize as defined in section 1 of P.L.1941, 2 c.151 (C.4:19-15.1).