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Definition of Sterilizes
1. sterilize [v] - See also: sterilize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterilizes
Literary usage of Sterilizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Next Generation by Frederick Augustus Rhodes (1915)
"It sterilizes thousands. Remember most of these are self-sterilization. Do not
forget that man self-sterilizes himself. Woman self-sterilizes herself. ..."
2. Nursing Technic by Mary Curtis Wheeler (1918)
"sterilizes douche points, glass catheters and all glass utensils used in ...
Re-sterilizes all supplies. 3. Twice a week: a. sterilizes all dressing jars, ..."
3. Preparatory and After Treatment in Operative Cases by Herman A. Haubold (1910)
"A, one which sterilizes water at the boiling point, 212° F., and B, ... The apparatus
sterilizes the water absolutely and is constructed to withstand ..."
4. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"He first spread an inch of sterilized soil on the surface of his beds; later two
inches, and he now sterilizes all the soil used. He has sterilized the soil ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... and sterilizes the soin, with steam. Bouvet (Bull, assoc. pharm. de ...
1887) also sterilizes at 100°, not to destroy bacteria, but the "germs of ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"It energetically sterilizes, purifies and deodorizes the air, ... It sterilizes
the urine, causes the disappearance of micro-organ- ^"^ isms, blood, mucus, ..."
7. Bacteria in Relation to Plant Diseases by Erwin Frink Smith (1911)
"A temperature of 50° C. for 5 minutes sometimes sterilizes the culture, and a
temperature of 55° C. always sterilizes it. He found the yeast also very ..."