sterilization
(ster″ĭ-lĭ-zā′shŏn )

[ sterilize ]
1. Complete removal or destruction of microorganisms from an object, e.g., with steam heat, dry heat, chemicals, radiation, or ultraviolet light.
2. A permanent form of birth control that can be accomplished, for example, by surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (castration) or by tying off or removing a portion of the reproductive ducts (the ductus deferens in men; the fallopian tubes in women).
SEE: salpingectomy; SEE: vasectomy
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Sterilization." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733213/all/sterilization.
Sterilization. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733213/all/sterilization. Accessed April 10, 2025.
Sterilization. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733213/all/sterilization
Sterilization [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733213/all/sterilization.
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