| sterilize | | |
| v. (body) | 1. sterilise, sterilize | make free from bacteria. |
| ~ autoclave | subject to the action of an autoclave. |
| ~ disinfect | destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing.; "disinfect a wound" |
| v. (body) | 2. desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex | make infertile.; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" |
| ~ neuter, spay, castrate, alter | remove the ovaries of.; "Is your cat spayed?" |
| ~ demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate | remove the testicles of a male animal. |
| ~ vasectomise, vasectomize | remove the vas deferens.; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" |
| ~ operate on, operate | perform surgery on.; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" |
| sterile | | |
| adj. | 1. infertile, sterile, unfertile | incapable of reproducing.; "an infertile couple" |
| ~ barren | not bearing offspring.; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile" |
| ~ sterilised, sterilized | made infertile. |
| ~ unfertilised, unfertilized, unimpregnated | not having been fertilized.; "an unfertilized egg" |
| ~ unfruitful | not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production. |
| ~ impotent | lacking power or ability.; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"; "felt impotent rage" |
| ~ unproductive | not producing or capable of producing.; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries" |
| adj. | 2. aseptic, sterile | free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques" |
| ~ antiseptic | thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms.; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities" |
| adj. | 3. sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive | deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention.; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing" |
| ~ uncreative | not creative.; "an uncreative imagination" |
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