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Sterilization may refer to:
- The elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis, a sterile microbial environment
Methods of Sterilization: The major physical agents used for control of micro-organisms are heat, radiation and filtration
Practical Application of Heat for Sterilization
- Incineration : It means direct burning of material to destroy micro-organisms.
- Soil steam sterilization, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses
- A medical or biological technique that intentionally leaves a person or other organism unable to reproduce
- Sterilization (medicine) applies to human beings
- Neutering is the surgical sterilization of animals
- Irradiation induced sterility is used in the Sterile insect technique
- A chemosterilant is a chemical compound that causes sterility
- There are also genetic techniques that confer sterility
- Sterilization (economics), central bank operations aimed at neutralizing foreign exchange operations' impact on domestic money supply, or offset adverse consequences of large capital flows
See also
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