sterile
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈstɛrəl/
- Specialized
:
estéril
- Pop that scalpel blade on my sterile 4x4s right there.
- sterile gloves
- sterile saline
- sterile technique
It's waterproof, it's sterile and most importantly, it's cheap.
- It's waterproof, it's sterile and most importantly, it's cheap.
- And so, yeah, so the pro mix is a sterile potting mix.
- Assuming sterile technique and other safety measures in place.
- If they take away the microbes, make them sterile.
- The microbiome, basically the the, the womb is not totally sterile.
- Maybe in a laboratory under sterile conditions a computer could drive a car, but not in real life situations in a real city like London.
- And you can take also, as we did as well in one of my experiments, took microbes from overweight or obese people and put them into these these sterile mice.
- The only place in a hospital that a service dog is not allowed is in a surgical or sterile environment.
- Put this with sterile, sterile water.
- It's stuff that is vital to the medical industry being as sterile and successful as it is.
- It solves teething illness, it's portable when you go on holiday, it's sterile.
Examples
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I pick it up with sterile forceps and drop it into a stainless-steel pan.
Fiction book (2000) -
The only place in a hospital that a service dog is not allowed is in a surgical or sterile environment.
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It's stuff that is vital to the medical industry being as sterile and successful as it is.
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Your hands need to be sterile if you intend to get any closer.
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So burn units are incredibly sterile environments.
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To prevent local adverse events, such as infection, sterile treatment is required.
Academic text (2015) -
We've got to have sterile conditions.
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Stepping out of the elevator, they walk into a large state-of-the-art, sterile clean research facility.
Fiction book (1996) -
She's in a clean room, a sterile environment with strict isolation protocols.
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The nurses ensured that all instruments used during the surgery were completely sterile to prevent infections.
Synonyms
12
4.9
Free from germs and able to kill them
3
5.2
Free from harmful or unwanted things
3
3.9
Clean and not made dirty by harmful substances
1
6.7
Free from harmful germs to prevent infection
Free of tiny living things that cause disease
Free of living things such as bacteria, fungi, or plants
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.9
A completely clean place with no bacteria or germs, used in surgery and labs
How Sterile
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sterile comes from Latin sterilis, which also carried the idea 'without life' or 'without living things'. That's why surgeons and labs call tools and rooms sterile when they are kept free from germs.