sterilization
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- noun
- /ˌstɛrɪlɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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esterilización
- Prior to this case, many physicians had assumed that sterilization as a birth control method was illegal.
- perform sterilization
- sterilization procedures
- voluntary sterilization
Scraping these heads, they were subjected to forced sterilization.
- Scraping these heads, they were subjected to forced sterilization.
- They were the most nosified of the various medical profession control the body through sterilization, abortion, control the mind through psychiatry.
Examples
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The GAO investigators examined 113 of the 3,406 consent forms for sterilization procedures.
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My practice is family planning, birth control, sterilization and pregnancy termination.
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The IHS officials in the areas examined did not monitor the sterilization practices of contract care facilities.
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The regulations required that the IHS monitor the sterilization activities of the doctors with whom they had contracts.
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The GAO Report gave two causes for deficiencies found in the sterilization practices of the Indian Health Service.
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The information she gathered revealed that IHS facilities singled out full-blood Indian women for sterilization procedures.
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Many couples choose sterilization to permanently prevent future pregnancies.
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After undergoing sterilization, she no longer had to worry about unwanted pregnancies.
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The doctor explained the different methods of sterilization available for patients.
Synonyms
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Making an animal unable to have babies by surgery
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An operation that makes an animal unable to have babies
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6.1
To remove a female animal's ovaries and usually her womb to stop her having babies
Surgery that makes an animal unable to have babies
A medical operation that permanently prevents pregnancy
Antonyms
How Permanent
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sterilization comes from the Latin root sterilis, which means 'barren' or 'not able to produce', and it shares this idea with the common English word sterile. So, sterilization of a person or animal is the act of making them unable to have babies.