Sterilization
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Sterilization can refer to:
- Sterilization (microbiology)Sterilization (microbiology)Sterilization is a term referring to any process that eliminates or kills all forms of microbial life, including transmissible agents present on a surface, contained in a fluid, in medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media...
, the elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis, a sterile microbial environment - Sterilisation (medicine), a medical technique that intentionally leave a person unable to reproduce
- Animal sterilization, known as neuteringNeuteringNeutering, from the Latin neuter , is the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The process is often used in reference to males whereas spaying is often reserved for females. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing...
- Soil steam sterilizationSoil steam sterilizationSoil steam sterilization is a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses. Pests of plant cultures such as weeds, bacteria, fungi and viruses are killed through induced hot steam which causes their cell structure to physically degenerate. Biologically, the...
, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses - Sterilization (economics)Sterilization (economics)Sterilization in macroeconomics refers to the actions taken by a country's central bank to counter the effects on the money supply caused by a balance of payments surplus or deficit....
, a term referring to central bank operations aimed at neutralizing foreign exchange operations' impact on domestic money supply and to generally offset potentially adverse consequences of large capital flows